‘Government pins high hopes on outcome of CM’s Climate Resilient Village Fellowship’

KOHORA: Assam government is eagerly awaiting the outcome of the village/community level research projects to be carried out by the first batch of PG level student, the recipients of the Chief Minister’s Climate Resilient Village Fellowship programme to get a fair idea about how the community at the village level is prepared to face the impact of the climate change and adapt to the changed scenario at the local level. Inaugurating the orientation workshop of the fellows at the community resource centre in Chandrasing Rongpi Village of Kohora in Karbi Anglong on Sunday, Secretary of the Science, Technology and Climate Change Department of Assam Government Laya Madduri said, “The three-month fellowship has provided the students with a wonderful opportunity to work with the village community on climate change impact and adaptation at the grassroots. Climate change phenomenon now determines policy decisions of the governments across the globe. So, it is always better to have an adaptation mechanism in place to face its severe impacts when it strikes us.”

Calling upon the fellows to grab the opportunity with utmost sincerity and work hard on the fellowship projects so that they can become the ‘agents of change’ in respect of climate change adaptation at the grassroots level, she told them, “Go to the field with an open mind and sincerity to interact with the community extensively to understand how the community is facing the changes brought about by climate change at local level. Your accurate findings will be a treasure trove for the government and the community to work out a comprehensive state-level climate change adaptation plan at a later date.”

She also interacted with the fellows to know about their perception about the fellowship and the responsibility entrusted on them by it. She told them not to get demotivated at any point of time as it was a huge challenge to study a village in the shortest possible time, come to a conclusion and accomplish a research project.

The orientation workshop of fellow from July 16 to July 18 is being coordinated by the Assam Science Technology and Environment Council (ASTEC) in collaboration with Aaranyak, a research-driven biodiversity conservation organisation that has been working on natural resource management in Kohora River Basin area in a participatory mode with the community, stated a press release.

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