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Summary: INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE AND SOUTH ASIA PARTNERSHIP CANADA PRESENT WATER IN SOUTH ASIA: Indian and Pakistani Approaches to Sustainable Development
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE
AND
SOUTH ASIA PARTNERSHIP CANADA
PRESENT
WATER IN SOUTH ASIA:
Indian and Pakistani Approaches to Sustainable
Development
R. Seenivasan, Development of
Human Action Foundation (DHAN), India
Tanveer Arif, Society for Conservation and Protection
of the Environment (SCOPE), Pakistan
When: 12:00 (noon), Thursday, September 16, 2004
Where: Room 1140 (11th Floor), IDRC 250 Albert Street
R. Seenivasan, DHAN, and Tanveer Arif, SCOPE, will
present and discuss the key issue of water and
development within the larger context of South Asian
development and sustainability. You are welcome to
bring your lunch.
Biographies:
R. Seenivasan is trained as an Agricultural Engineer
and Rural Manager, has worked with water programs for
the last sixteen years, and is currently the Research
Program Leader for the DHAN Foundation based in
Madurai, India. Working with urban and rural
communities, DHAN implements large programs on
community banking, tanks (large water catchments) and
ponds used for agriculture and drinking. Seenivasan
also teaches tank rehabilitation and tankfed
agriculture.
Tanveer Arif has a degree in Biology and a Masters in
Geography from Karachi University. In 1988, he founded
SCOPE to serve poor communities who face the
challenges of environmental degradation. SCOPE is
currently implementing local level, community
intervention programmes such as water harvesting,
livestock improvement, rangeland improvement,
agro-forestry, mitigation of drought and combating
desertification.
Space is limited for this lunch-time seminar. Please
RSVP to Brynna Leslie Communications Coordinator at
SAP Canada at 241-1333 ext. 228 or by email to at
bleslie@sapcanada.org.
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