The sixth seminar of the series “Himalaya, Climate Change and Development” was organized on August 5, 2014 (9:30-11:30 AM). Manohara Khadka delivered the seminar on the topic “Political transition and gender integration in climate change adaptation in Nepal: Everyone’s agenda and no one’s agenda.”
Dr Manohara Khadka is a woman scientist/researcher and development practitioner dedicated to transformative change in natural resource sector in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region. She has a PhD from the International Institute of Social Studies (Erasmus University Rotterdam), the Netherlands and an MSc in Natural Resources Management from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway. She started her career as a forester in Nepal’s Forests Department; and she then worked for non-governmental sector working in rural development, community forestry, agriculture and research fields in Nepal and beyond. For the past 18 years, Dr. Khadka has been engaged extensively in programmatic, policy and research aspects of forestry, water resource and agricultural development with a focus on gender, social inclusion, and institutional processes. Currently she is a Gender Specialist at ICIMOD, Nepal. Her recent research includes work on policy and institutional analysis of natural resources, and gender aspects of biodiversity conservation and management, pastoral livelihoods, REDD+, climate change adaptation and water resource management planning.
The seminar is a part of British Academy supported initiative, the key aims of which are to enhance capacity in the partners on political transition and environmental change research, to understand the role of research in conflict resolution, and to train a new generation of Nepali and UK scholars equipped with research expertise for tackling complex social-environmental issues
Seminars are held approximately every two months over a 24 month time frame.
(Note: Participation by Invitation only)
- First Seminar on: “Introduction to Political Transition and Climate Change” was organised on June 28, 2013 (2:00-4:00 PM) at Local Development Training Academy (LDTA Hall), Jawalakhel. The seminar was presented by Dr. Andrea Nightingale.
- The second Seminar on: “Mainstreaming Climate Change in Sustainable Mountain Development: Relections from ICIMOD’s Experience” was organised on Aug 27, 2013 (2:00-4:00 PM) at Local Development Training Academy, Jawalakhel. The Seminar was presented by Dr. Madhav Karki
- The third Seminar on “Poverty, vulnerability, livelihoods, climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction: concepts, issues and practical tools” was organised on Oct 31 (2:00-4:00 PM) at Local Development Training Academy, Jawalakhel. The Seminar was presented by Dr. Bharat Pokhrel.
- The fourth seminar on “Climate Change, Water and Policies: Some reflections on changing web” was organized on Dec 24, 2013 (2:00 PM) at Local Development Training Academy (LDTA). Ajay Dixit from Institute of Social and Environmental Transition (ISET) Nepal delivered the seminar.
- A seminar workshop on ”Writing for change:” pursuing social science in times of transition in Nepal” was organised on Jan 30, 2014 (9:30 am-5:00 pm) at Yala Maya Kendra, Patan Dhoka, Lalitpur. The seminar delivered by Andrea Nightingale, Krishna K Shrestha, Hemant Ojha, Hari Sharma, Ajay Dixit, Jhalak Subedi, Deepak Thapa, Naya Sharma, Netra Timsina.
- Fifth seminar on ”What drives transformations in climate change governance” was organized on April 23, 2014 (2:00 PM) at at Local Development Training Academy(LDTA), Jawalakhel. the seminar was presented by Adam Pain.
