iteststuffhere: November 2010

Nov 29, 2010

Review: 'Climate Change - Youth Guide to Action'

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development - ICIMOD‘s Asia Pacific Mountain Network (APMN) is just out with its winter issue. This special issue on ‘Youth and Climate Change’ has been compiled to underscore the International Year of Youth (IYY) 2010-2011; COP 16 in Cancun http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2010/11/29/review-climate-change-%e2%80%93-youth-guide-to-action/

Academic SPAM or vanity publishing?

I recieved an email from an associate from LAP Lambert Academic Publishing some time back, stating that they found my thesis entitled “Application of GIS in the study of land cover distribution, geomorphometry, terrain and water quality in Asi Khola Subwatershed” in the library at Kathmandu University and wanted to publish it in the form of a book. Furthermore, they would do all this for free! http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2010/11/29/academic-spam-or-vanity-publishing/

Considering getting myself a DSLR

I have been dabbling in photography lately, mainly through borrowed cameras (point and shoot, Canon and Sony Alpha DSLRS and Nikon P6000)s. A selection is available here, here and here. http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2010/11/23/considering-getting-myself-a-dslr/

Review: Global Biodiversity Outlook 3

wrote the following review of the Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 some time back for the Asia Pacific Mountain Network (APMN). It appeared in the current issue of the Asia-Pacific Mountain Courier (Mountain Courier) on ‘mountain biodiversity’. The issue is available online and in print, and is distributed free of cost to interested stakeholders. http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2010/10/23/the-third-global-biodiversity-outlook-gbo-3/

Presentation on Social Media

Posted below, is a presentation on Social Media and Networking I made along with a colleague from work (I handled the part on social media while he led a group discussion on networking) some weeks back http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2010/10/05/presentation-on-social-media/