Ministry of Environment International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development Kathmandu, Nepal Malé Declaration Implementation in NEPAL Bidya Banmali Pradhan Sushma Upadhyay
Ministry of Environment Nepal Stakeholder Forum International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) National Advisory Committee Monitoring Station at Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS), Rampur Chitwan Impact Assessments. Institutional Arrangements: Nepal
NIA and NFP, National Advisory Committee members NFP: Ministry of Environment (MoEST), Government of Nepal NIA: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development(ICIMOD), Kathmandu NAC: Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS) TU, Chitwan Clean Air Network Nepal-representing from NGOs Center for Pollution Studies, Institute of Engineering (IoE-TU) representing from academic institutions Department of Hydrology & Meteorology, GoN Institutions in Nepal
Monitoring Site Rampur Kathmandu Location:Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Rampur, Chitwan Site type: Rural site, 15 km south of the Royal Chitwan National Park Latitude:27 O 38’ 52.8” N Longitude:84 O 20’ 47.7” E Altitude:165 mamsl
Instruments Passive Sample High Volume Sampler Automatic Weather Station Bulk Collector Wet Only Collector
National stakeholder’s meeting No.of participants: 70
Regular monitoring Transboundary Air Pollution monitoring station – Rampur, Chitwan Emission inventories – Nepal and Kathmandu valley Rapid Urban assessment - Kathmandu and Lalitpur City Impact on corrosion to assess the rate of corrosion in materials – Kathmandu Valley Impact on crop to assess the risk caused by ozone – Rampur Chitwan Activities in Phase III
High Volume Sampler PM 10 RSPMTSP Passive Samples: SO 2 NO 2 O 3 Rain Water Chemistry (Wet and Bulk rain): Rain Water volume, pH, Conductivity, Temperature, Calcium Hardness, Magnesium Hardness, Chloride, Sulphate, Potassium, Sodium, Ammoniac-Nitrogen, Nitrate-Nitrogen Regular Monitoring Parameter at IAAS, Rampur
Results
- Emission Inventory of Nepal
Results - Emission of Sector Nepal Kathmandu
Results - Rapid Urban Assesssment Average PM (Jul – Sept) Average PM (Feb - Apr)
Results Average NO 2 (Jul – Sept) Average NO 2 (Feb - Apr) SO 2, NO X, CO, NMVOC, NH 3, PM 10 and PM 2.5
Results Average SO 2 (Jul – Sept) Average SO 2 (Feb - Apr)
Results Compiled source emissions of S0 2 from area sources, line sources and point sources of Kathmandu
Results from RUA
Results from TAP modelling 1 st campaign, July-September nd campaign, February-April 2008
Results - Corrosion Study Mini rack Main Rack
Results - Corrosion Study
Results - Corrosion Study
Results - Corrosion Study
Results - Corrosion Study Haisiddhi
Corrosion Study Stock at Risk a training organized
Results - Crop Study Mung bean yield and their attributes under EDU and non-EDU pots
Results - Crop Study
Results - Crop Study Mung bean yield and their attributes under EDU and non-EDU pots Characters measuredEDU PotsNon-EDU Pots% change n yield over non-EDU Grain yield g/pot Biological yield g/pot seed weight g Harvest index Pods/plant Seeds/pod Seeds/pot
Dissemination Mountain Geo-Portal (
Challenges and difficulties Electricity reliability (up to 18hr power cut) Instrument calibration Political situation
Activities for Phase IV Additional Station representing mid hills Impact assessment Health Impact Assessment Crop Yield Stock at Risk – Corrosion Others Modeling –IIAS, Regional data centre Awareness Cleaner technologies Speciation of Samples SOP
Thank you Special thanks to Department of Environment & Ministry of Environment and Forest