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May 2011
"Reve=
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Himalayan Meltdown"
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The premiere of the new UNDP co-production wi=
th
Discovery Channel-Asia and Arrowhead Films gathered at the Foreign Corre=
spondents’
Club of Thailand an audience of over 100 guests for a sneak preview and =
Q and
A session with APRC’s leading environment experts Martin Krause and
Gernot Laganda on the challenges to adapt to climate changes in five Asi=
an
countries affected by the Himalayan Meltdown. Read the ABC
Radio Australia interview with Martin on the Himalayan glaciers. Stay
tuned for the premiere broadcast for South East Asia on June 26th,
2011 and check for more airdates here.
Communicat=
ion for
Empowerment of Asia’s Indigenous Peoples
Lead res=
earchers,
journalists, activists from the Indigenous People’s Alliance of the
Archipelago (AMAN), the Asia-Indigenous People Pact (AIPP), UNDP colleag=
ues
and media experts discussed the main findings and recommendations of the
national assessments in Lao PDR, Nepal, the Philippines, Cambodia and
Indonesia of communication needs and media environment for indigenous
peoples. The participants in the Bangkok consultative meeting agreed on
priorities and appropriate institutional set up and partnership approach=
for
the next stage of the UNDP Regio=
nal
Initiative on Communication for Empowerment (C4E) of Asia’s Indige=
nous
Peoples. It will include training for indigenous media professionals, jo=
int
advocacy campaigns through social media, establishment of a regional net=
work
of indigenous journalists.
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Representatives of faith based organizations =
in Fiji
participated in a workshop to learn more about microinsurance and help
identify the most suitable features of a microinsurance product that wou=
ld
protect their low income members from losses and risks. The planning event was organiz=
ed by
the Pacific Financial Inclusion Program=
me
(PFIP) and attended by more than a dozen representatives of a wide r=
ange
of faith based organizations.
In the Kno=
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Asia-Pacific Regional Centre • Bangkok =
10200
• G.P.O. Box 618, Bangkok 10501 • Thailand
Tel: +66 (0) 2288 1234, (0) 2288 2129 • Fax: +66 (0) 2280 2700
e-mail: aprc@undp.org; http://asia-pacific.undp.org
Past newsletters may be viewed at http://www.snap-undp.org/APRC%20Weekly%20Highl=
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