{"id":1386,"date":"2008-06-19T22:39:24","date_gmt":"2008-06-19T17:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/?p=1386"},"modified":"2008-06-19T22:39:24","modified_gmt":"2008-06-19T17:39:24","slug":"regional-glofs-risk-reduction-in-the-himalayas-initiatives-update-for-may-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/2008\/06\/19\/regional-glofs-risk-reduction-in-the-himalayas-initiatives-update-for-may-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Regioal GLOFs RISK reduction in the Himalayas initiatives update for May, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:14.25pt;text-align:center;margin:0 0 10pt;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1394 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/undpeu.jpg?resize=184%2C118\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"118\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:14.25pt;text-align:left;margin:0 0 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000000;\">by: Amber Masud<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The Regional GLOF Risk Reduction Project, funded by DIPECHO and UNDP\u2019s Burea<a href=\"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/eu2.jpg\"><\/a>u for Crisis Prevention<span style=\"font-size:small;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/undp1.jpg\"><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span>and Recovery (BCPR), aims to address the risks posed by GLOFs in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region comprising India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan through strengthening non-struc<a href=\"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/eu1.jpg\"><\/a>tural and community-based approaches.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<span style=\"font-size:small;\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Update for Pakistan<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0;\" type=\"square\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">The Project Support Officer (Pakistan) visited the Northern Areas to interact with the local government officials, communities and technical\/academic institutions <a href=\"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/eu2.jpg\"><\/a>in the region to gather information about the past GLOF\/flash flood events; the risk mitigation and preparedness measures adopted etc. and to assess community awareness and preparedness for meeting future challenges from similar events. Various stakeholders were apprised of the Project and its components including the Northern Areas DM Authority, Home Department of Northern Areas, Pakistan Meteorological Department, Water Resources Research Institute of National Agriculture Research Centre (NARC), Karakoram University and WWF Pakistan etc.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">A Query on the GLOF Project has been posted on Knowledge Network for Climate Change (KNCC) and has also been posted on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/\"><span style=\"color:#800080;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">www.pamirtimes.net<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:small;\"> for wider dissemination. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">In addition, Project information is being uploaded on UNDP Pakistan website.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The national-level stakeholder consultation meeting is proposed to be held in July in Gilgit, Northern Areas.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:14.25pt;text-align:justify;margin:0 0 10pt 72pt;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:Calibri;\">Detailed report: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/monthly_update-may_08.doc\"><span style=\"font-size:small;color:#005fa9;font-family:Calibri;\">monthly_update-may_08<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by: Amber Masud\u00a0\u00a0 The Regional GLOF Risk Reduction Project, funded by DIPECHO and UNDP\u2019s Bureau for Crisis Preventionand Recovery (BCPR), aims to address the risks posed by GLOFs in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region comprising India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan through strengthening non-structural and community-based approaches.\u00a0 \u00a0Update for Pakistan\u00a0\u00a0 The Project Support Officer (Pakistan) &hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[56],"tags":[4781],"class_list":["post-1386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gilgit-baltistan","tag-gilgit-baltistan"],"better_featured_image":null,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}