The Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF) has set up a weather station at the Chhota Shigri glacier in Himachal Pradesh to monitor climate change. The weather station’s Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS), has a warning and recording system to track changes in weather.
source : http://www.indiaenews.com/sports/20070616/56363.htm
Two Sloth bear cubs rescued
The UP Forest department, Delhi based NGO – Wildlife S.O.S. and One Voice Association – France worked together to resuce two endangered bear cubs from smugglers in Baliya district of Uttar Pradesh.
Members of the raiding team included :
- SDO Rasda Range - Mr. Kewal Prasad
Range officer- Baliya - Mr. Gokul Prasad
Dy Ranger - Arun Kumar Rai
Conservator of Forests - Mr. C P Goyal, IFS
Deputy Conservator of Forests - Dr. R.K.Singh, IFS.
Plus forest guards who worked under their guidance
source : http://www.iar.org.uk/news/2007/jun07-2.shtml
Word Bank lends US$63 million for livelihood project in Bihar
The World Bank has cleared US$63 million to help improve the livelihoods of 2.9 million people living in 590,000 households. Called Jeevika, the rural livelihoods project will be implemented in the districts of Nalanda, Gaya, Muzzafarpur, Madhubani, Khagaria, and Purnea. The project is specifically targeted at helping the women.
Talking about the project, Parmesh Shah, World BankLead Rural Development Specialist and project team leader says, “These communities will be provided skills and tools to develop social accountability mechanisms to enable transparency and good governance within the institutions of the poor. This will also help in building effective service delivery partnerships with local governments.”
You can read more about this project here at : http://www.worldbank.org.in/external/projects/main?pagePK=64283627&piPK=73230&theSitePK=295584&menuPK=295617&Projectid=P090764
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