Central Himalayan Environment Association, (CHEA)

CHEA
The Central Himalayan Environment Association, CHEA in short, was founded on October 2, 1981, on a day which has special significance for India, being the birth-day of the Father of the Nation, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The society was registered soon afterwards in May, 1982. Arguably CHEA is one of the earliest societies founded in Northern India which had ' the environment and the livelihood of the people in the Himalayas ' as its core concern. more...

30^thAnnual Report 2011-12

- News & Activities
- - District level Van Panchayat workshop was held on 4^th July, 2012 at Press Club, Bageshwar.
  - The project on promoting bamboo species under the project entitled "Exploring opportunities of livelihood for marginal community through demonstration and plantation and utilization of bamboo" funded by SDTT, Mumbai has been launched on 1^st May, 2012 at two villages of Bhimtal development block of Nainital District.
  - Nainital, 20^th April, 2012. District level Workshop on Van Panchayat was organized at Himalayan Botanical Garden, Narayan-Nagar, Nainital. Principal Chief Conservator Forest, Uttarakhand, Dr. R.B.S. Rawat was the Chief Guest of the event. In all 47 Sarpanch of Nainital district participated in the workshop.
  - Nainital, 19^th April, 2012. Meeting of Van Panchayat District Coordination Committee was held at CHEA Head Office, Nainital. In all 7 district coordinators representing Almora, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Champawat, Nainital, Pithoragarh and Pauri participated in the daylong meeting.
  - Nainital, 19^th March, 2012. eNGO workshop was organised at Nainital to empower grassroots NGO/CBOs/SHGs with Internet technology & web technology with the support of Digital Empowerment Foundation
  - 15^th March, 2012. NABARD Supported Financial Literacy Programme in Atal Adarsh Gram of Nainital District is in progress
  - October, 2011. NABARD funded Integrated Tribal Development Programme in Pithoragarh district is launched.
  - Workshop of Community Forestry Leaders (Sarpanch of Van Panachayat) was held on 23-24 Sep, 2011 at Lamgara, Almora
  - UNEP EPLC sponsored project entitled "Capacity building of Women Members of Village Forest Councils for Sustainable Management of Community Forests in the Indian Himalayas" is to be launched in November, 2011.

Thematic Action Groups (TAGs)
CHEA is focused broadly on the following four themes often called Thematic Action Group
Climate change, with reference to Mountain and Adaptation Activities for Mountain Regions.
Rural Livelihood Initiatives in Mountain Regions for Mitigating Rural Poverty.
Art, Culture and Handicrafts Promotion in Mountains.
Library cum documentation centre on the mountain and mountain regional best practices.

Livelihood Improvement of Tribal Community through Promotion of Appropriate Technologies in Rural Hills
Initiative undertaken to protect the Van Rajis those are in verse of extinction residing in far flung mountain area of Pathoragarh and Champwat district of Uttarakhand. more...
Strengthening of Community Forestry (Van Panchayats) for enhancing livelihood options in Uttarakhand.
The community forests represent an appropriate example of an institution involved in "prevention of deforestation and managing their common forestry resources. more...
Van Panchayat for technical assistance and advice please call
05942 233099 or +91 9410749714

Publication

	Indian Mountain Initiative SECOND SUSTAINABLE MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT Proceeding of Second Sustainable Mountain Development Summit of the Indian Mountain Initiative organized in Gangtok, Sikkim on the 25^th and the 26^th of May, 2012....... more

	Himalayan Forest Ecosystem Services incorporating in national accounting Highlighting the important part played by Himalayan forest in providing life sustaining eco system services to the country......more

Up Coming Event
Meet of the Mountain States
Second Meet of the Mountain States as a follow-up event of IMI-SMD2, Gangtok is scheduled to be organise on 19^th March, 2013 at India International Centre, Seminar Hall 1,2 & 3.
For more detail & participation please contact cheaindia@gmail.com
Workshop on Financial Issues
Series of workshop on Strengthening the Capacities of SHGs/CBOs through Disseminating Information on Financial Issues under NABARD Financial Literacy Programme is under progress in Nainital District.

- CHEA is now also recognised under Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO). Indian Mountain Initiative - Sustainable Mountain Development Summit - III (2013)- Kohmia, Nagaland

Indian Mountain Initiative
Sustainable Mountain Development Summit - II
26^th May, 2012. Indian Mountain Initiative - Sustainable Mountain Development Summit - II was concluded at Gangtok, Sikkim. Earlier on 25^th May, 2012 the summit was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Mr. K.T. Gyalstan, Hon'ble Speaker, State Legislative Assembly, Sikkim and the keynote was delivered by the Dr. David Molden, Director General, ICIMOD, Nepal. This two day summit was focused on three main themes Water, Communities & Forestry, and Mountain Livelihoods followed by side events i.e. Mountain Cities: Rethinking Mountain Cities and Legislators' Meet on 'Climate Change and the Need for Legislation'.

Contact Us
Central Himalayan Environment Association
06, Waldorf Compound Mallital, Nainital
Uttarakhand
India - 263001
Telefax: +91 5942 233099
E-mail: cheaindia@gmail.com, office@cheaindia.org