International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development Kathmandu, Nepal International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development Kathmandu, Nepal Mobile based applications in the area of Environment and Climate Change FORUM ON THE MOBILE ECOSYSTEM IN NEPAL: EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES Sushil Pandey
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International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
Kathmandu, Nepal
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
Kathmandu, Nepal
Mobile based applications in the area of Environment and Climate
Change
FORUM ON THE MOBILE ECOSYSTEM IN NEPAL: EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
Sushil Pandey
About ICIMOD
- Regional knowledge based organisation with mountain perspective
- Serving 8 regional member countries
- www.icimod.org
Application of ICT at ICIMOD
• Mainstream IT – web, database, document management etc.
• Image Processing – Remote Sensing, GIS• Discussion Forums – Asia Pacific Mountain Forum to
instigate discussions• Project Specific – hydro-met data, telemetry (HYCOS
project); from space to village -SERVIR NASA Project; knowledge management – HICAP project
• Mobile – recently trying to make a footprint
• ‘Content’ is our focus !
Mobile Potentials as we see
• Beyond the voice call• The penetration and superiority of mobile
phones (even in rural and mountain areas) makes it possible to collect near-continuous, accurate datasets
• At a large scale• Users as producers of information• Allowing normal users to collect credible
data
ICIMOD on Mobile Tech
Handful of small applications as pilots for internal use – all based on SMS Security application – web SMS Server monitoring Contact querying
Emergency Response system for KTM in case of disaster – SMS,
photos integrated on geo-visualization
A quick glace at SMS gateway for ICIMOD
Modular systems Use of web-
services to talk to other machines
Applications can be easily plugged-in to make use of SMS
Safe – requires authentications before sending SMS
Makes use of queue to handle concurrent SMS
Some current ICIMOD work on environment and Climate Change
State of glaciers, snow cover mapping – impact of CC on high mountains
Water, Cryosphere The risk of flooding is also increasing with increased
variability of climate – flood information system (HYCOS) Adaptation and mitigation measures such as reducing
emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD/+)
Enhancement of resilience of mountain communities, particularly women, through improved understanding of vulnerabilities, opportunities, and potentials for adaptation
Regional cooperation around policies for managing water for energy, agriculture and development
Data gap – the big challenge
• Systematic data acquisition and data sharing in the areas of – biophysical observation– socioeconomic analysis– policy research
Opportunities
Mobile application developers canrespond by developing software to fill in the data acquisition pertaining to Climate Change
Room for innovation…
• Sensors/Field Servers– Most newer mobile models can record and
transmit sound, images, location, and motion data. By combining these data with Web services to aggregate and interpret the assembled information, mobile phones can be powerful proxy for data sensors/field servers ?
Usability Challenge…
• Simple easy interfaces will allow normal users to capture and transmit scientifically useful climate change data
• Solely based on icons, in order to accommodate a variety of literacy levels
Thank youMobile Technology could be a critical component in the fight against Climate Change. Lets give some thought !