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Himalayan nations to discuss glacial threat
Glacial lake outburst floods compelling world forum to take serious notice Source: The Tribune, New Delhi, Date: , 2009
With
glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) posing a huge development challenge to the
countries in the Himalayan belt, the UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention
yesterday said it would hold a special workshop to discuss the issue. The effort
is based on the realisation that hazards in the Himalayan region were bound
into a delicate relationship of cause and effect and together combined to
increase risk in the entire region. It is to find answers to these problems
that the UNDP would host a special assembly of the four affected Himalayan
nations - India, Pakistan, Bhutan and Nepal. The meet would be held on January
20, 21 at Paro in Bhutan and would discuss responses on how nations could
factor in GLOF risk reduction in their development projects and community level
contingency plans. Senior functionaries from India, UN, NGOs and research
scientists from the four project countries as also from UK, Switzerland and
Thailand would attend the brainstorming session.
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