INDIGENOUS SYSTEMS FOR LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST AND STRATEGIES OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN SOUTHERN PERU

Ramiro Ortega Dueñas*

rortega.d@gmail.com

   Indigenous…

The role of water sources in the Inca Road System (Qhapaq Ñan) and its successful management, in the region of Cajamarca, Peru, since pre-Hispanic times

By Guillermo Castro Escudero

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HimalAndes Focused Conversation:

“Knowledge sharing around water management innovations in the Andes and the Himalayas”

Title: Innovations and…

Dear KM4Dev Members,



We're wrapping up Week 1 of our 3-week Focused Conversation. Toward the end

of the day we will circulate a brief summary of the week. For now, it is my

pleasure to send you the agenda for Week 2: a week that features a great

variety of inspiring and thought-provoking case studies!



We are very grateful to those who have participated in the conversation

thus far and we look forward to a livelier discussion next week.…

By: Narayan Adhikari, Nepal Country Representative

http://bloggingonaccountability.org/2013/09/27/even-the-broken-clock-tower-gives-nepalis-the-right-time-twice-a-day/#more-556As I entered the city of Birgunj, Nepal’s hub for…

High Mountain Glacier Watershed Program in Peru: sharing lessons on local adaptation plans to climate change

Jorge Recharte

The Mountain Institute Peru

This paper presents the High Mountain Glacier Watershed Program (HMGWP) activities implemented by The Mountain Institute (TMI) in Peru and a short reference to parallel activities conducted in Nepal. The…

From: Ujol Sherchan <usherchan@icimod.org >



Subject: Resource: ICIMOD 2013 Photo Contest Online Gallery on “Water” Themes



Dear All,



The International Centre for Integrate Mountain Development (ICIMOD) 2013 Photo Contest Online Gallery (http://www.icimod.org/photocontest/2013/page/gallery) showcases about 2,900 entries (digital images) taken in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region and submitted…

Dear Colleagues,





The case study submitted by Dr Alton Byers (TMI)  describes the efforts on international collaboration and knowledge sharing between experts from different mountain regions, including Himalayas, Andes, Central Asia, European Alps.



By way of summary;  in September 2011, an Andean-Asian Glacial Lake Expedition was conducted to Imja glacial lake in Mt. Everest region of Nepal, to share experiences in control and management of dangerous glacial…

http://amouzoubedi.blogspot.co.at/2013/08/framework-based-on-knowledge-for.html

The objective of this paper is to respond to the angoisse - at the end of the day, we can say we provided practical knowledge, we achieved results, however no one is happy and the solution becomes unsustainable  - A situation that makes development delivery complex and unconfortable.

Climate Change, Tourism, and Freshwater Management in the Sagarmatha (Everest) National Park, Nepal

Alton C. Byers, Ph.D.

The Mountain Institute

High Mountain Adaptation Partnership (HiMAP)

The 1113 km² Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park and Bufer Zone is located in northeastern Nepal in the Solu Khumbu District of Sagarmatha Zone.  The park is roughly triangular in shape…

Dear KM4Dev Members, 

Here is the first Case Study for Week 1. This case is provided by CONDESAN, which was founded in 1993 and has since consolidated its position as an important platform for issues related to natural resource management and sustainable development in the Andean region, particularly in water and watershed management. CONDESAN generates and shares information and knowledge about natural…

Felipe Custer, Sep 24, 2013, Case 2: Integrated Water Management of Muylo Mullucro catchment, Tarma, Peru

I. Basin overview

Location: The micro Muylo - Mullucro are located in the district of Tarma , Tarma province and department of Junin, Peru . Both watersheds are located in the upper river basin Tarma . The access road from Tarma is by dirt road for a stretch of 14 kms…

Dear KM4Dev Members, 

Dear KM4Dev Members,

On behalf of Dr. Alejandro Camino, Founder of HimalAndes Initiative, I am pleased to share below the foreword for the focused conversation titled:  „Knowledge Sharing…

Everyone knows that Knowledge is the main key of success. For an effective organization, it is very much needed to build up knowledge management unit into the organization.  It helps increasing knowledge of its members and employees. By sharing knowledge with one another and with other organizations all em…

By: Anne Sophie Lambert, Associate Director

Thomas Jefferson once said, “We might hope to see the finances of the Union as clear and intelligible as a merchant’s books, so that every member of Congress and every man of any mind in the Union should be able to comprehend them, to investigate abuses, and consequently to control them.”

Last week, I attended the nation’s…

"Knowledge management will never work until corporations realize it's not about how you capture knowledge but how you create and leverage it."

Etienne Wenger, co-creator of the concept of Communities of Practice

By: Yasmin Anis, Accountability Lab Summer Resident.

This summer, Accountability Lab Liberia helped organize and lead a series of training sessions to help Liberian youth better understand the concept of accountability and their related rights and…