INTRODUCTION TO THE SIX REGIONAL MEETINGS ORGANISED BY WMPA BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2006 AND NOVEMBER 2006 :

• IN AFRICA

• IN THE ANDES, AND

• IN THE HIMALAYA (cf. below)

10th-15th OCTOBER 2006 :

CENTRAL AND WESTERN HIMALAYA REGIONAL ENCOUNTER

HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA (Great Himalayan National Park - Sai Ropa Center - Shamshi, Kullu Valley)

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, PROGRAMME, LIST OF PARTICIPANTS :

 

 

• 8th-10th March 2006 :

NORTH-EAST HIMALAYA,

SHILLONG, MEGHALAYA, INDIA

(Minutes Shillong :  - North-East Community members working group 10th May-10th and 24h June 2006 : coordinated by Mayfereen Ryntathiang from the VHAM : Voluntary Health Association of Meghalaya).

On the 8th, 9th and 10th March, in Shillong, in the State of Meghalaya, North-East India, the WMPA has organised the first meeting which was coordinated by Mayfereen Lyngdoh Ryntathiang, a member of the Office of the WMPA and Director of the NGO Voluntary Health Association of Meghalaya. It brought together around thirty participants mainly from North-East India. Its theme was : “Living in the mountains - local cultures and innovative production strategies”.

The programme () for this meeting focused on the equitable and sustainable produce and services emanating from local cultures: silkworm breeding, organic farming, tourism, water management and agro forestry. Based on the sharing of experience and information on the different participants’ current projects, the discussions helped to identify common strategies for mobilisation and action both with a view to creating a WMPA in North-East India and for the next round of Regional Meetings.

N.B. This Meeting was followed by a mission from 6th March to 5th May 2006 of Denis Blamont, Vice President of the WMPA, in North-West India (Uttar Anchal) and Nepal, in view of organising the other Regional Meetings.

Note introducing 2006 perspectives in the Himalaya

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2005

• 9th-11th April 2005, Tripuradevi, India : WMPA Asian Regional Encounter

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2002

• 15th-19th April 2002, Sikkim : WMPA Asian Regional Encounter

To consult the web site dedicated to this event : www.himalpeople.org