“Melting Ice- a Hot Topic?” World Environment Day, 2007
participants at campaign rally
Participants at campaign rally
The Government of Nepal, Practical Action Nepal and Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD) organized a one-day Seminar in Pokhara on 2 June as one of the functions to mark the World Environment Day 2007 with the slogan “Melting Ice a Hot Topic”.

The main objective of the seminar was to raise awareness of communities, local government line agencies, NGOs and civil societies on climate change and start to taking actions to address the issues arising from climate change. Moreover, 50 participants representing district line agencies, academic institutions, I/NGOs, CBOs and farmers in the Western Development Region of Nepal participated in the seminar in Hotel Fewa Prince, Pokhara. Participants highlighted the need of field based collaborative actions as well as national and sectoral plans and policies to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change.

On the same occasion LI-BIRD in collaboration with Rupa lake restoration and fisheries cooperative, Wold Vision Kaski, UNDP/GEF/SGP, IUCN Netherlands also organized PRABHAT FERI(awareness campaign) and plantation at green foot trail periphery of Rupa Lake.