Posted on January, 07 2013

This month's issue is the very first e-newsletter of the Hariyo Ban Program.

Please click on the links below for more information on the topics covered in this newsletter:

• Promoting conservation through art
• Watch the video - Naga by Leang Seckon: 2nd Kathmandu International Art Festival
• Blackbuck reintroduced to the wild in Nepal
• From Community Learning Action Center (CLAC) to saving and credit co-operative

Major Updates this month:

• Hariyo Ban Program Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) mainstreaming strategy process initiated.
• Hariyo Ban Program Core Partners joint monitoring visit to Terai Arc Landscape Area on 10-14 December, 2012.
• Support to National tiger and prey based monitoring starts in early January 2013.
• Hariyo Ban Program annual work plan 2013 roll-out begins nationally and in the two landscapes.
• Team building workshops have been held at the national level and in the two landscapes.

Answer to last month’s question:

Which countries were the first to propose the concept of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation?

Answer:
Papua New Guinea and Costa Rica tabled a proposal in the 11th Conference of Parties that emissions from “avoided deforestation” be included in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change compensation scheme.

This month’s question:
Name any three greenhouse gases among the six main dangerous ones identified by the Kyoto Protocol?

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_{^{Disclaimer: The Hariyo Ban Program is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this article are the responsibility of WWF and its consortium partners and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.}}