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SECTION 4 ........................................................................................................................................................ 43Existing Activities Related to Glacier Melt ................................................................................................. 434.1 Emphases of Current Activities ......................................................................................................... 434.2 Organizations ......................................................................................................................................... 444.3 Countries and Sub-Regions................................................................................................................. 444.4 Themes .................................................................................................................................................... 444.5 Gaps in Current Activities .................................................................................................................. 45SECTION 5 ........................................................................................................................................................ 48Approaches to Addressing Climate-Change Impacts on Glaciers and Hydrology ........................... 495.1 Responding to the Challenge of Lack of Information ................................................................... 535.2 Responding to Vulnerabilities ............................................................................................................. 565.3 Responding by Mitigation .................................................................................................................... 67SECTION 6 ........................................................................................................................................................ 71Conclusions ....................................................................................................................................................... 71REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................................... 75APPENDIX A – Task 2 Database ................................................................................................................. 81Appendix A.1 – Main Database ..........................................................................................................................Appendix A.2 – Summary By Region ................................................................................................................Appendix A.3 – Summary by Theme ................................................................................................................ii
AcknowledgementsThe diversity of individuals involved in this endeavor attests to the multi-sectoral nature ofimpacts of climate change/glacier melt and the range of multi-disciplinary expertise required forthe development of appropriate adaptive programs to mitigate those impacts. We would firstlike to thank Heather D’Agnes, Population, Environment and Health Technical Advisor (Office ofPopulation and Reproductive Health), for her leadership and coordination of the multidisciplinaryUSAID team providing guidance on this activity; as well as the rest of the USAIDteam that included Mary Melnyk, Senior Advisor, Natural Resources Management (Asia andMiddle East Bureaus' Office of Technical Support); Kristina Yarrow, Health Advisor (Asia andMiddle East Bureaus' Office of Technical Support); and Rochelle Rainey, Senior Advisor,Environmental Health (Office of Heath, Infectious Disease and Nutrition).The consultant team required the inputs of several members/organizations of the CDM USAIDEH IQC, including: Richard L. Armstrong (Winrock), Leona D’Agnes (CDM), Jessica Ayres(Winrock), John Gavin (CDM), Scott Harding (CDM), Ken McNamara (Winrock), BrianMelchior (Battelle), Fred Rosensweig (TRG), and George Taylor (Winrock).The team is most grateful to the USAID personnel who helped us coordinate visits to theRegional Development Mission Asia (RDMA) in Bangkok and the USAID country missions inIndia, Nepal, and the Central Asian Republics. At the RDMA, Orestes Anastasia, RegionalEnvironment Advisor, provided contacts and arranged meetings around a national holiday. InNepal, Linda Kentro, Office of Health and Family Planning, USAID/Nepal, coordinated meetingsand provided other additional support. In India, Dan Miller, Food Security Office, USAID/India,was a continuing source of information ideas, and contacts. The team also appreciated the staffmembers who took time to meet with us and engage on the issues related to glacier melt.Special thanks to Liz Warfield, Deputy Director of USAID-India, and Kevin Rushing, MissionDirector to USAID-Nepal, for taking an active interest in this issue. Andrei Barannik, USAID’sRegional Environmental Advisor for Asia, assisted with site visits and information on the CentralAsian Republics.We also had outstanding cooperation from organizations and individuals working in areasrelated to changing glaciers, whether they were from USAID, government agencies, researchcenters, or nongovernmental organizations (such as The Winterline Foundation that graciouslysupported George Taylor’s travel to India). Particularly helpful as sources of information aboutcurrent activities were Alton Byers, Bob Davis, Marcus Moench, Ajaya Dixit, Karen MacClune,Armando Lamadrid, Arun Shrestha, Johnathan Shaw, Dechen Tsering, Gernot Laganda, ViajayaSingh, Anupa Lamichhane, Tariq Aziz, Moon Shrestha, Jon Miceler, Andrew Noble, DeepakSrivastava, Renoj Thayyen, Akhilesh Gupta, Satya Sharma, Shirish Sinha, Dipankar Ghose, BharatSharma, Rajeswari Raina, Sara Ahmed, Himraj Dang, Sybille Suter, K.R. Viswanathan, andShekhar Pathak.Dr. Elizabeth L. MaloneSenior Research ScientistJoint Global Change Research InstituteBattelle, Pacific Northwest Divisioniii
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