National Seminar on Addressing Climate Change through Bio-briquette Promotion 2011

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NATIONAL SEMINAR

ON

AD D RESSI NG CLI M ATE CHANGE

THROUGH B I O BRI QUETTES P ROM OTI O N 28 th March 2011

Kathmandu, Nepal

ORGANIZED BY

BANASPATI GUEETHA RESOURCE CENTRE NETWORK NEPAL

(BGRCNN)


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Background

With the fast growing energy needs, people are facing energy crisis both in rural and urbanareas where forest-wood had historically and principally served the society asindispensable primary source of fuel to meet the energy demands due to its availability,practicality and affordability. Presently, however, the situation is changing as populationincreases, energy demand rises and the forested areas decline. The culmination of these

deforestation practices in Nepal only contributes to the global phenomenon of climatechange. This issue is ominous and counteraction may seem futile, particularly for acountry such as Nepal, whose global contribution to global warming is negligible incomparison to industrialized western countries. Nonetheless, Nepal recognizes that itsfuture prosperity will depend on its ability to play a role in climate change mitigation andadoptation through the use of simple, innovative and feasible alternative technologies.Although the technologies to be adopted in Nepal may appear primitive in comparison tothose available in industrialized countries, Nepal needs to take measures that are practicalfor its own situation. Diversification of energy sources and expansion into the alternativeenergy sector stands to be very successful in Nepal if the energy sources are financiallyfeasible and efficient for consumers.

Biomass Briquetting possesses immense potential and prospect in Nepal both in rural andurban areas. Though bio-briquette was introduced in Nepal long time back. But only atlater stages the significance of bio-briquette was seriously realized and accepted . Some ofthe causes of realization are the access to diverse sources of fossil fuels, the growingawareness on bio-diversity and adverse-disastrous effects on ecology due to forestdepletions with their subsequent ramifications. At this stage the government and peoplehave shown willingness to switch over to this new form of alternative energy, as itsdemand is high and numerious new actors are adopting its development and promotion.Rural Nepalese use bio-briquettes as their main source of fuel for heating and cooking, thusimproving the health of women and children, reducing overharvesting, fastening valuablespecies regeneration, improving livelihoods and contributing to climate change mitigation

In this context to gather, vulgarize and disseminate the best knowledge available on bio-briquettes use and production in Nepal for the greater benefit of all practitioners working

in the country this seminar has been organized by Banaspati Gueetha Resource CenterNetwork Nepal (BGRCNN) a network dedicated for promoting the Bio-Briquette Sector inNepal through Organizational Collaboration, Knowledge Transfer, & InformationDissemination . The BG-RCNN (www.bgrcnn.net) is a loose network of active stakeholders inbio-briquette sector with the purpose to collaborate, transfer knowledge and disseminaterelevant information to stakeholders to promote the awareness, use, feasibility, andfunctionality of bio-briquettes within Nepal. The members are listed below:

AJRAR...spreading light, Asian Institute for Research and Sustainable Development(AIRSD), CECI/Uniterra, Centre for Rural Technology Nepal (CRT/Nepal), CEEN,Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness (ECCA), FECOFUN, Foundation forSustainable Technologies (FoST), Group for Rural Infrastructure Development Nepal (GRIDNepal), ICIMOD, IDS NEPAL, Namsaling Community Development Centre (NCDC), Nepal

Muslim Women Welfare Society (NMWWS), Society for Environmental and EconomicDevelopment (SEED), Solar Energy Foundation (SEF) Nepal, UNDP/GEF/SGP, BishankhuNarayan Banaspati Gueetha Production and Management Committee, ChhakrahawaCommunity Forest User Group, Kamdi, Banke, Langhali Community Forest User Group,Dharan-08, Sunsari, Marsyangdi Community Forest User Group, Turture Tanahu,Panchopokhari Community Forest User Group, Shantinagar, Jhapa, Center for EnergyStudies - Tribhuvan University, Central Department of Environmental Science TribhuvanUniversity and Bio-Briquette Company Pvt. Ltd.


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The BGRCNN initiative is launched, and hosted by Integrated Development Society (IDS)Nepal (www.idsnepal.org), a developmental NGO active in Bio briquette sector since 2003.It has been instrumental in transferring technology and facilitating in making thecommunities knowledgeable, produce, use and manage bio-briquettes with support ofdifferent funding organizations like Plan Nepal, UNDP/SGP/GEF program, German Embassy.The promotional activity have been documented and broadcasted by CNN and Ministry ofEnvironment (MoE) has acknowledged with letter of appreciation. In May of 2007, FECOFUN

and IDS Nepal with the support of UNDP-GEF/SGP has already organized one two daynational seminar entitled the National Seminar on Community Based Bio-Briquettes.

Theme of the Seminar

Nationally and internationally various individuals and research companies are developingnew technological options of effective and efficient energy systems. The need foralternative energy sources is getting urgent, hence the development of renewable energyis moving fast. Alternative energy has environmental, economic and social benefits. Bio-briquettes can be used in place of fuel wood, liquid petroleum gas, kerosene andelectricity for space heating and cooking. They are easy to use and a good source of

alternative energy. As an alternative energy, using bio-briquettes have several benefitssuch as improved air quality, cost savings, decreased carbon emissions, elimination ofindoor air pollution and health benefits.

Therefore by realizing the need of alternative energy and its contribution to climatechange mitigation, we are planning to discuss on some cross-cutting issues for promotingbio-briquettes. The main theme of the seminar is Addressing Climate Change through Bio-Briquette Promotion and the components covering the following areas:

a. Policy guidelines for bio-briquette promotionb. Technology and quality production of bio-briquettec. Developing entrepreneurship in briquetting technologies and marketingd. Media relation and coverage for bio-briquette promotione.

Climate change and environmental conservation

Expected Outcomes of the Seminar

Accrual and Dissemination of Knowledge regarding the promotion and best practicesfor production and use of Bio-briquettes

Provide incentives and the framework for government to formulate policies relatingto alternative energy sources.

Unification of concerned parties creating a powerful network to promote bio-diversity and the use of renewable energy resources

utilizing non-renewable energy in a sustainable mannerDate and venue

28th March 2011, Monday (14th Chaitra, 2067)Venue: DECC Hall, United World Trade Center, Tripureswor, Kathmandu.

Deadlines

Call for paper (14th March, 2011) Finalizing the presenters and speakers (15th March, 2011) Theme paper submission (15th March, 2011) Participants' registration (18th March, 2011)


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Instructions to Authors/Presenters

1. Abstracts (MS Word format with Times New Roman font)a. Title: 14 pts, Bold, All capsb. Authors name: 12 pts, Boldc. Authors address: 10pts, with asterisk and superscript (if more than one

author)d. Text: 10 pts, Max. 250 wordse. Key Words: Max. 5 words

2. Papera. Size: A4b. Pages: Max. 8 (12 pts, Times New Roman Font, 1.5 spacing)c. Margin: 1'' (Top, Bottom, Right), 1.5'' (Left)d. Submission Format: Electronic version (in word or PDF format)

3. Timelinea. Presentation (Multimedia slides or Oral); Max. 20 min.b. Face to face interaction: Max. 10 min. (or Max. 4 questions)

Advisory Board

Dr. Dinesh Chandra Devkota, Hon. Member, National Planning Commission, andVisiting Prof. CDES TU

Prof. Dr. Jagannath Shrestha, IoE, TU Dr. Krishna Raj Shrestha, CEEN Mr. Gopal Sherchan, National Coordinator, UNDP/GEF/SGP

Technical Committee

Prof. Dr. Triratna Bajracharya, CES/IoE, TU, Chair Technical Committee Prof. Dr. Rajendra Adhikari, M.D. Asian Institute for Research and Sustainable

Development (AIRSD)

Ms. Prabha Pokhrel , Chair IDS Nepal Prof Dr. Kedar Rijal, CDES, TU Mr. Gyanendra Raj Sharma,CRT/N

For mail/details contact

Bio-briquette Resource Centre Network Nepal (BGRCNN)Secretariat hosted by: Integrated Development Society (IDS) Nepal

Tel.: 014445565, 014427329email: [email protected], [email protected]

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National Seminar on Addressing Climate Change through Bio-briquette Promotion 2011