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Dr.Archana Godbole attended the 2011 Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum held on 24-25 June 2011 at Cape Town, South Africa as NGO Observer. More than 300 participants from 30 different countries participated in this meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss workable strategies for climate change mitigation and financial resources required for implementing those. The meeting was organised jointly by the World Bank, IDB and IFC. |
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Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF) published technical report on "Biodiversity assessment of Asaniye Dabhil Landscape from North Western Ghats, India"in July 2011. This report is based on work carried out by AERF experts' team over the period of last 18 months in 16 villages from Sawantwadi block which included surveys of plants , birds, reptiles, amphibians, perennial streams and importantly supporting local communities in preparing management plans for villages voluntarily accepting Ecologically Sensitive Area status. The entire work was supported by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF). |
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AERF in collaboration with Nisarg Mitra , Kolhapur organised a two day workshop on – Biodiversity conservation in North Western Ghats- opportunities and challenges for Civil Society Organisations working in the Western Ghats region of Maharashtra. The workshop was supported by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund . Held in Pune on 13-14 Sept 2011, it was attended by 60 participants from 10 districts of Western Ghats of Maharashtra that included academicians, environmentalists, activists, civil society representatives, Govt officials, lawyers and practitioners. |
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AERF is now member of Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) -
AERF's commitment towards saving biodiversity rich forests from North Western Ghats has been honoured through organisational membership of Clinton Global Initiative (CGI)- a brainchild of President Bill Clinton, President of United States. More importantly, AERF's commitment – Safeguarding Forests and Biodiversity in Western Ghats was selected for 1-on-1 plenary session discussion at CGI's annual meeting held in New York from 19-22 Sept 2011 and was a featured commitment. During the plenary session scheduled on 21st Sept 2011, former US President Bill Clinton felicitated Dr.Archana Godbole –Director, AERF for organisation's decade long work in saving valuable forests from North Western Ghats. |
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Mr. Jayant Sarnaik attended International training seminar on biofuels in Germany organised by RENAC, Berlin from 11-15th October 2010. Mr. Sarnaik provided his inputs on subject - Status of bio-fuel Industry in India through a presentation. |
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AERF received the Social Gratitude award given in the name of famous writer P.L.Deshpande in recognition of organisation’s decade long work in the field biodiversity conservation in the North Western Ghats. The award was received by AERF director –Dr. Archana Godbole at a function in Ratnagiri on 2nd October. |
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| Dr.Alan Hamilton a renowned international plant conservationist and AERF’s advisor visited AERF in September. He visited project sites of AERF in the north Western Ghats. He especially visited the Sacred groves from Ratnagiri district where AERF has carried out biodiversity conservation through people’s participation. He could get also get a glimpse of activities of AERF’s private forest conservation program during his visit. |
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Dr. Archana Godbole delivered keynote address on the subject- Gandhiji and Conservation in today’s context at a special event organised in Wynad on 13th August in commemoration of completion 75 years after Mahatma Gandhiji’s first visit to Mathrubhumi. The Mathrubhumi is leading publishing group from Kerala. |
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Two remote off-grid hamlets from Alibaug block – Kamatwadi and Kutgani fought their way out of darkness through support of AERF and Greenap e.V. Germany. AERF installed a Solar Lamps Charging Station in Kamatwadi so that the marginalised communities could satisfy their basic need of light. Total 50 households have started using Solar LED lamps instead of kerosene, thus doing their bit in reducing carbon emissions. The German TV channel –Deutsche Welle has prepared a documentary on AERF’s projects in the field of Green Energy. |
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A group of German students from the German Academic Exchange Service along with a representative of German Consulate- Ms. Daniela Gawehns visited AERF’s project – Light a Billion Lives in off- grid villages- Barshet and Hondawadi from Alibaug block. They also visited the Decentralised Bio-diesel Resource Center established by AERF at village ,Mahajane near Alibaug. |
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Avadhoot Welankar - a senior researcher at AERF attended the 24th International Congress for Conservation Biology at Edmonton, Canada from 3rd to 7th July 2010. He presented a poster on Threats of uncontrolled tourism to protected area – a case study of Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary |
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Mr.Jayant Sarnaik made a presentation on the topic Biomass utilisation in Energy sector and environmental sustainability –a case of India at the 4th APP China-Japan New and Renewable Energy Seminar held at Tokyo, Japan from 29th June -5th July 2010. This seminar was organised by Institute of Energy Economics, Japan. He also visited the international Renewable Energy exhibition 2010 at Yokohama. |
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Dr. Archana Godbole attended the 18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference at Edinburgh from 28th June -2nd July 2010. She was especially invited as organizer of the side event - IUCN-WCPA - Specialist Group on Cultural & Spiritual Values of Protected Areas: Conserving the Commonwealth’s Sacred Forests as Nodes of Resilience to Climate Change: Towards a Strategy and Action Plan |
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