Akash Shrestha from WWF opined, “We are trying to project the stories of the vulnerable people, species and their natural habitat due to natural as well as human induced actions and we’re tapping on the urban audience this time to spur some action from them.” He adds, “I expect youths to come to us after being aware and contribute in abating the effects.” [break]
Life in the Himalayas has depicted the threats of climate change and its consequent effects on the Himalayan landscapes, loss of flora’s and faunas because of human encroachment and poaching through pictures and also provided solutions, many of which are led by local community with the support of WWF and other conservation organizations.
The pictures have been organized into three different themes and presented on three different floors.
The ground floor has the theme “A walk into the Himalayas” where they have portrayed some pictures of the Himalayas, forests, and biodiversity to give an idea of the life in the Himalayas.
Similarly, the first floor has the theme “Issues, threats and concerns” which raises our consciousness about the situation in the Himalayas, pictures of forest fires, threat to species, food security and glaciers melting are shown.
The second floor is based on the theme “ Home grown solutions” which has projected the community led solutions on using bio gas, community led banks for storing the conventional seeds, and other measures taken by schools and communities to mitigate the effects.
Pictures of both Nepali and International photographs have been showcased. Simon de Trey-White, Steve Winter, Steve Morgan, Michel Gunther and Susheel Shrestha are some of the photographers.
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