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Regional Workshop on Kailash Sacred Landscape Media Coverage KSLCI Regional workshop, Almora 1. Transboundary Initiative for Mt Kailash Landscape Conservation http://moef.nic.in/index.php MoEF, Govt of India 2. Trans-boundary Initiative for Mt Kailash Landscape Conservation Launched http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=60218 Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India – 9th April 2010 3. China, India and Nepal to work in tandem http://thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=China%2C+India%2C+Nepal+to +work+in+tandem&NewsID=239063 The Himalayan Times – 15th April 2010 4. India, China, Nepal join hands to save Mt Kailash http://www.indianexpress.com/news/India--China--Nepal-join-hands-to-save-Mt- Kailash/605025 Indian Express.com – 12th April 2010 5. India, China, Nepal come together for Mt Kailash http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/the-sunday-et/dateline-india/India-China- Nepal-come-together-for-Mt-Kailash/articleshow/5783219.cms The Economic Times – 11th April 2010 6. India, China to jointly preserve Kailash http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/India-China-to-jointly-preserve- Kailash/articleshow/5830038.cms The Economic Times – 19th April 2010 7. Trans-boundary project for Mt Kailash landscape conservation launched http://netindian.in/news/2010/04/10/0006120/trans-boundary-project-mt-kailash- landscape-conservation-launched NetIndian.in – 10th April 2010 8. India, China, Nepal launch cross-border conservation project http://www.domain-b.com/environment/20100410_Nepal_launch.html domain-b.com – 10th April 2010 9. China, India and Nepal join hands to save Mount Kailash http://www.mynews.in/News/China,_India_and_Nepal_join_hands_to_save_Mount_Kail ash_N47540.html MyNews.in – 17th April 2010 10. NOW EVEN CHINA CONCEDES THE SPIRITUAL VALUE OF MOUNT KAILASH http://www.reportersnepal.com/newsbase/nid/25119 Reportersnepal.com – 13th April 2010 11. Regional Workshop on Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation Initiative http://cdbtu.edu.np/news/2010/4/9/regional-workshop-kailash-sacred-landscape- conservation-initiative Central Dept. of Botany, TU – 9th April 2010 12. India, China, Nepal launch conservation project of Mt Kailash region http://www.netindia123.com/showdetails.asp?id=1481941&cat=India&head=India%2C+China%2 C+Nepal+launch+conservation+project+of+Mt+Kailash+region NetIndia123.com 13. China, India, Nepal Agree to Mount Kailash Preservation Framework http://www.2point6billion.com/news/2010/04/19/china-india-nepal-agree-to-mount- kailash-preservation-framework-5379.html 2point6billion.com – 19th April 2010 14. India, Nepal, China to jointly conserve Greater Mt Kailash http://www.zeenews.com/news620402.html ZeeNews.com – 19th April 2010 15. India, China, Nepal agree on Kailash preservation http://www.indiablooms.com/EnvironmentDetailsPage/environmentDetails190410b.php IndiaBlooms.com – 19th April 2010 16. India, China, Nepal agree on Kailash preservation http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-92824.html NewKeral.com 17. Conserving Mount Kailash http://www.centralchronicle.com/viewnews.asp?articleID=33218 CentralChronicle.com – 21st April Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt of India Transboundary Initiative for Mt Kailash Landscape Conservation New Delhi, 9th April, 2010 A major transboundary project for conservation and sustainable development of the Greater Mt Kailash Region, involving India, Nepal and China has been launched, facilitated by ICIMOD, with support from UNEP. The project is titled ‘Mount Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation Initiative: Developing a Transboundary Framework for Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Greater Mt. Kailash Region of Nepal, India & China’. The Minister for Environment & Forests, Shri Jairam Ramesh said: “This is a first of its kind transboundary project in the region. It is hoped that this would set the tone for more transboundary collaboration between countries in the region on science, culture and capacity building in the greater Himalayan region." http://moef.nic.in/index.php Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India – 9th April 2010 Trans-boundary Initiative for Mt Kailash Landscape Conservation Launched 20:23 IST A major transboundary project for conservation and sustainable development of the Greater Mt Kailash Region, involving India, Nepal and China has been launched under the guidance of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). The project is titled ‘Mount Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation Initiative: Developing a Transboundary Framework for Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Greater Mt. Kailash Region of Nepal, India & China’. The Minister for Environment & Forests, Shri Jairam Ramesh said: “This is a first of its kind trans-boundary project in the region. It is hoped that this would set the tone for more transboundary collaboration between countries in the region on science, culture and capacity building in the greater Himalayan region. I commend the institutions involved and look forward to the results of the project”. A workshop is being organized by ICIMOD at the GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development (GBPIHED) in Almora, Uttarakhand, India on April 11-13, 2010 to facilitate development of compatibility of approaches in information generation and analysis and use of standard protocols for the project. The project, proposes, in collaboration with UNEP and other partners, to engage regional, national, local partners and other stakeholders in India, Nepal, and China, in attempting to establish a transboundary cultural and biodiversity conservation landscape – the Mt Kailash Sacred Landscape (KSL) – in its first phase, which will run for 18 months. The involved Institutions from Indian side - G. B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development (GBPIHED; Lead Institute); Wildlife Institute of India (WII; Partner Institute) and Forest Department Uttarakhand (Partner Organization), with their wide ranging expertise and skills, are well suited to execute the project activities in the target landscape in Indian part. The nodal institution from Nepal is Ministry of Forests, and the nodal institution from China is the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The target Landscape; which spans widely over the southwestern portions of Tibetan Autonomous Region of China (TAR), and adjacent Himalayan regions in India and Nepal is highly diverse and environmentally fragile. It represents a sacred geography significant to hundreds of millions of people in Asia, and around the globe. The landscape, under accelerated change scenario accompanied by poverty and limited livelihood opportunities, is experiencing increasingly high pressure on fragile natural resource base that includes globally significant biodiversity and medicinal plant resources, vital ecosystem goods and services of the vast region. Therefore, the project with its envisaged goal to promote transboundary biodiversity and cultural conservation, ecosystem management, sustainable development, and climate change adaptations within the Mt. Kailash Sacred Landscape (KSL), is timely and has potential of becoming a model project for replication across the globe. It is hoped that the project, with its aim to promote long-term ecological, climatic, and biodiversity datasets within the KSL would contribute to alleviating knowledge gaps that have emerged as a serious impediment to improved understanding, modeling, and prediction of climate change impacts (locally, regionally, and globally). Specific objectives of the project are: • Enhancing cooperation among the regional member countries through establishment of a Regional Cooperation Framework (RCF), development of a strategy for conservation of Mt. Kailash Sacred Landscape (KSL), and developing a transboundary regional knowledge base; • Facilitating coordination among the various actors and stakeholders within the KSL landscape through enhancing cross-boundary collaboration in ecological and climate change monitoring and information exchange networks, and • Recognize, and strengthen local capacity efforts for community-based participation in conservation and sustainable development, and enhance cultural-socio-ecological resilience. The expected outcomes of the project are a regional dialog and forum created for RMCs and partner institutions, based on an improved knowledge base, to promote and facilitate transboundary cultural and environmental conservation through sustainable development , a consultative process aimed at developing a Regional Transboundary Framework facilitating the establishment and implementation of the KSL transboundary conservation landscape, strengthened policy at regional and national level that encourages and facilitates regional cooperation and transboundary management approaches and local capacity for community- based participation in conservation and sustainable development efforts within the KSL recognized and strengthened. <CENTER.----< center>KP http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=60218 The Himalayan Times – 15th April 2010 China, India and Nepal to work in tandem KATHMANDU: Representatives from Nepal, India and China have agreed to develop a common framework of conservation strategy and environment monitoring for the Kailash Sacred Landscape. The landscape includes trans-boundary areas of Kang Rinpoche,Gangrenbogi Feng and Kailash Parvat. The agreement was reached after the first regional workshop held in Almoda, Uttarakhand, India from April 11 to 13. The 18-month preparatory phase of the conservation strategy had started in August 2009. According to International Centre for
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