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Public hearing on climate change
CECOEDECON will host an open hearing on climate change and food security on November 4, 2009 in Jaipur. The event will highlight the adverse impact of environmental degradation on the livelihoods of rural people.
Jaipur based NGO- Centre for Community Economic Development Consultant Society (CECOEDECON) will host an open hearing on behalf of Oxfam-India and allies in the run-up to the UN Conference on climate change scheduled for December 7-18, 2009 in Copenhagen.
The event is being organised in collaboration with other stakeholders included are Delhi based Public Advocacy Initiative for Rights and Values in India ( PAIRVI),Wada Na Todo State Units and NGOs from drought prone areas, together with the representatives of community members who will give their testimonies on effect of climate change, livelihood and agriculture and coping/adaptation mechanism to inform lobbying, sensitisation of media and political parties and articulation of demands from the government.
Shard Joshi, Secretary CECOEDECON has pointed out that preliminary studies in Rajasthan and other states have pointed out a decline in monsoonal rainfall in the region, a possible decline in cultivation of rabi crops and decrease in area under cultivation of indigenous cultivators.
He observed that unless adequate social security systems are put into place, the agrarian population can not face the risks posed by climate change.
About 300 persons from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharastra, and Andhra Pradesh and nearby states are expected to participate in the open hearing.
For further enquiry contact:
Kalyan Singh Kothari
cecoedecon @ gmail.com
Kalyansinghkothari@yahoo.com
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