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Nepal

Nepal. Hanieka Balint. Before we begin…. https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT6p40kwc3d65kR44dQhQIN7Gd12IhcttnGJi7_ywjIl-Qf79r7P-qUXIA. What if you lived in Nepal rather than the United States?. You would… have  7.5 times higher  chance of dying in infancy

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Nepal

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  1. Nepal Hanieka Balint

  2. Before we begin… https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT6p40kwc3d65kR44dQhQIN7Gd12IhcttnGJi7_ywjIl-Qf79r7P-qUXIA

  3. What if you lived in Nepal rather than the United States? You would… have 7.5 times higher chance of dying in infancy have 4.9 times more chance of being unemployed use 99.38% less electricity consume 99.01% less oil make 97.41% less money die 12.43 years sooner have 62.18% more babies spend 99.23% less money on health care experience 4.89% more of a class divide be 16.67% less likely to have HIV/AIDS http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/US/NP

  4. Problem #1- Endangered Animals https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT7F80eSLTaNnZwfruNg8AAWc0MEEU5tHz4fYHbi8fyOetp0EHFZA

  5. Problem #1- Endangered Animals Before After http://www.himalayanfootsteps.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1906662004_7a32214d77.jpg http://www.occupyforanimals.org/china-reopens-trade-in-tiger-and-leopard-skins-2011.html A Bengal tiger cub rests in Nepal. Men in China admire fine tiger and leopard pelts.

  6. More About Snow Leopards 5,000 meters Snow Leopard Habitat Tree line

  7. More About Snow Leopards 5,000 meters Snow Leopard Habitat Tree line

  8. Endangered Animals continued… https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSIt0UtvdhVc6mtgqj_OmyJiaxtxRd3cO3BgikZso5bZ5ApXCEMfzVEi6c Confiscated Asian elephant tusks in the Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal. http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/elephants/asian_elephants/areas/issues/illegal_hunting_trade/ This image shows the number of rhinos left in the world.

  9. Problem #2- Trash! (Bagmati River) Who needs a sewage system when everyone can dump their stuff into the river instead?

  10. Bagmati River Continued. http://image.ohmynews.com/down/images/1/yamanin_328936_1[548324].jpg

  11. Trash continued… (Mt Everest) Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, brings many climbers and all of their trash.

  12. Problem #3- Air Pollution http://www.vancouverobserver.com/sites/vancouverobserver.com/files/resize/images/blog/body/polluted%20scene%20Kathmandu_0-500x334.jpg The busy streets of Kathmandu hold people, buildings, cars, and dust.

  13. Problem #4- Himalayan Glaciers A glacier in the Himalayas in 1941… …and the same glaciers afterwards. http://www.himalayanconsensus.org/files/images/glacier_bay012905.jpg

  14. Problem #4 “the melting glaciers will have an adverse impact on biodiversity, hydropower, industries and agriculture, flooding hydroelectric plants and inundating fields.” -Gopal Sharma, journalist for Reuters

  15. Problem #4 Before: Glaciers melt slowly & gradually Water flows down to hydropower plants Nepal gets highest hydropower potential in the world (84,000 megawatts) After: Glaciers melt fast & not gradually Hydropower companies cannot handle it Nepal gets looooong blackouts (up to 20 hour power cuts per day).

  16. Problem #4 “the melting glaciers will have an adverse impact on biodiversity, hydropower, industries and agriculture, flooding hydroelectric plants and inundating fields.” -Gopal Sharma, journalist for Reuters “industries” = tourism

  17. Problem #4 Gopal Sharma says that tourism is “…a key pillar of the impoverished local economy, which relies on that and aid for survival.”

  18. Problem #4 Nepalese citizens crowd at a highway after a flood. http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photo/_new/pb-080826-nepalFlood-birkett.photoblog900.jpg

  19. Problem #4 -Bharat Tharpa, Nepalese farmer "During the entire rainy season we don't sleep well, always fearing that another flood could hit our village," "We are not responsible for the climate change. Why are we made to suffer then?"

  20. Solution #1- Endangered Animals http://www.nepal-uncovered.com/guide/nepal/sukla_phanta.php A rhino in SuklaPhanta National Park. A tiger in SuklaPhanta National Park, Nepal.

  21. Solution #2- Trash Volunteers participate in cleaning up the Bagmati River. http://www.globalpeace.org/images/news/news-2013/nepal/bag_volun.jpg

  22. Problem #2 Trash Some of the many works of art created from Mt. Everest trash. http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/WashingtonPost/Content/Blogs/innovations/Images/2012-11-26T175234Z_01_NEP04_RTRIDSP_3_NEPAL-EVEREST-TRASH-119.jpg?uuid=rRFbsDmfEeKwH19VsZP1jw http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/WashingtonPost/Content/Blogs/innovations/Images/2012-11-26T175320Z_01_NEP03_RTRIDSP_3_NEPAL-EVEREST-TRASH.jpg?uuid=cPwC9jmfEeKwH19VsZP1jw

  23. Solution #3 A volunteer from Twin maintains vegetation in Nepal. http://www.workandvolunteer.com/environmental-action-volunteer

  24. The End http://www.loyaltours.com/images/nepal/Ghandrung%20Village%20and%20Annapurna%20South,%20Nepal,%20Himalaya.jpg

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