INVITE: THE 6th GREAT HIMALAYAN BIRD COUNT-UTTARAKHAND, INDIA Hello Bird Watchers & Nature Photographers, Please spread the word around. Greetings from Indian Himalayas, Uttarakhand and seeking your participation support in this pioneering citizen science conservation initiative and extremely sorry for this cross posting. Please forward this message to all your birder friends so that they may also be able to participate in this Himalayan bird conservation initiative This is also your last chance to insure participation for a unique Himalayan birding & trekking experience. Only Last few Sponsored Category Seats left (Sponsored Quota: From your donation we also sponsor a village youth’s participation in GHBC) Donation - Rs 7500/- (Overseas participants pay US $ 300) We welcome you and your friends for our citizen science initiative The 6th GREAT HIMALAYAN BIRD COUNT - 2013 (18th to 21st Oct 2013) Please call or write if interested for participation form and event details: Once again bringing you the good news of our non-commercial pioneering bird conservation initiative now in its sixth year, creating yet another wonderful opportunity for you all to contribute by your participation in this, a truly international bird conservation & base-line data generation activity in Uttarakhand Himalayas. Please go through the details in the link provided and respond ASAP. The Participation is purely on first come first serve basis, so please hurry to avoid disappointment later. “The 6th GHBC” which is planned on 72 most popular trekking trails situated in the river-valleys of Tons; Yamuna; Pabbar; Kamal Nadi; Aglar; Bhagirithi; Bhilingna; Ganga; Mandakini and Alaknanda in Garhwal Himalayas including Asan & Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserves plus Bhimgauda Barrage in Dehradun & Haridwar districts respectively. (Adding Two New Trails in Kumaon this year) Landscape covers diverse bird-habitats from wetlands to alpine meadows in Uttarakhand Himalayas. Kindly request for your Participation Form at: Email: arch.birdcount@gmail Or call anytime for info at +91-9412054216 IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER: Arrival at Dehradun: 18th of October 2013 latest by 08.30 hrs (for the Orientation Seminar) Actual Count Days: 19th & 20th October 2013 Debriefing & Concluding Workshop at Dehradun: Starting at 1430 hrs on the 21st of Oct 13 End of all our responsibilities: At 1900 hrs on the 21st of October 2012 We strictly adhere to first come first serve principal for participation Extra Stay & Travel arrangements possible for overseas birders at nominal cost We welcome you & your birding friends for this amazing Himalayan birding and trekking experience. Forever yours in bird conservation Prateek Panwar Founder Trustee ARCH Uttarakhand State Coordinator, IBCN-BNHS Tel#: +91-9412054216 facebook/events/188319561285112 Friends Please Like: facebook/pages/Action-Research-for-Conservation-in-Himalayas/261848523910949?fref=ts APPEAL: Please donate your old unused but working binoculars, cameras, laptops and life sciences books for village youths in Himalayas. Please call Prateek +91-9412054216 UTTARAKHAND DISASTER “FIELD RESEARCH STUDY OPPORTUNITY” Dear Friends, Its time to help! time to spare some quality time for this herculean long duration human conservation effort in the areas of: Health, Rehabilitation (Temporary Shelter, Energy, Communication etc.), Livelihood Psychological Counseling, Environment, Policy Advocacy, Research, RTI and Education. Please feel free to circulate this & strengthen our mission to rebuild Uttarakhand: ARCH is creating this platform in order to contribute to the ongoing relief and Rehab, programs going on in Uttarakhand. 20,000 plus pilgrims, tourists and locals died. Thousands of vehicles washed away with the flood like match boxes. Thousands of hotels, houses, villages and dwellings do not exist now. Thousands of survivors can’t stay in their houses because of siltation. Thousands of acres of agricultural fields washed away with the floods It was humans that were rescued by helicopters but what about the livestock there. We are not going to write a full length detailed minute by minute report or give you news on Uttarakhand. As you saw it all in the NEWS. The reason why I am writing to you all is that today Uttarakhand and its people need the rest of the country more than anything for rehab effort. Villages have been washed away. Children are orphaned. Men missing. Right now the media is focusing with all its might to show the rest of the world that we in India too do rescue our citizens. Now that all the surviving pilgrims and tourists have been rescued the media will also soon leave and then what happens to Uttarakhand and it people ? Now ARCH needs volunteers, people who are ready to travel to Uttarakhand for a field study of the disaster hit villages (more than 250 villages). This Study will give us an idea as to what are the requirements that are primarily needed. Volunteers who can afford their own travel & field expenses are more than wanted. Voluntary Skills Required: Base-line-data generation, report & content writers, disaster management, medical professionals, sanitation, architects & town planners, engineers, scientists, RS & GIS applications, geologists, crop scientists, horticulturists, life sciences, statisticians, communications, energy, Retd. foresters, policy makers, scientists & Govt. officials, RTI activists, environment & climate change, Universities HOD’s, BSc, MSc & PhD students, Web, IT & software professionals, travel professionals, NGO professionals, media professionals to further the cause, govt. liasioning, networking & communication skills, visual documentation (own equipments), graphic artists, filmmakers & other fraternity members, corporate leaders & educators, resource mobilizers, motivators & coordinators, and mountaineering & trekking skills. Though this will be a long duration field study, and what is important is your desire to help with your skills, it does not matter if you can give 15 days or six months on the field, come lets do it this time somehow. Friends ARCH is not asking for money for relief work but volunteers and skilled people who think their skills might be helpful from anywhere and who are ready to help and assist in a situation like this. You might not be in a position to come or personally volunteer, but if you know anybody, some body , please pass the details and Resumes to Prateek Panwar at arch.birdcount@gmail Tel # +91-9412054216.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 03:07:47 +0000
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