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Himalayan Region

• Climate Its glaciers are The 3rd Pole
• Water It supplies 40 of the worlds population
  with water

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Life on the Plateau .

• People gt 30 different ethnic groups
• Environment Cold, dry, little vegetation
• Culmination Long history of innovation

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Challenges
Climate Change

• 1961-2009 Temperatures rose 6x faster than
  China, 128 faster than Globe
• 1978-2009 3,000 lakes in Qinghai disappeared
• 1991-2009 Glaciers shrank by 5
• Each Year Desertification in W. China consumes gt
  1 million acres

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Challenges
Indoor Air Pollution

• Globally 1.6 million deaths/year
• In each village IAP claims one life every two
  years

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Challenges
Fuel Water Collection

• Women spend 1-8 hours/day collecting (forgoing
  education income)
• Injuries and miscarriages during this work are
  common

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Challenges
Contaminated Water

• Globally One child dies every 15 seconds
• Locally 86 of women have multiple parasite
  infections
• Parents associate school with
  diarrhea

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Challenges
Access to Education

• Adults lt 3 literacy
• Children Long distance to school
• Communities No access to locally applied science
  or engineering

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Challenges
Transitioning Economies

• Bartering ? Cash
• Language barriers, Skill barriers, Paper barriers

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