We have sustained engagement with partners in Sri Lanka and outside over the last six years to enable the broad uptake of climate information. Much of our work in this arena is informal and is vested in the understanding and goodwill of a spectrum of individuals. Here, we briefly list out partners, the particulars of the capacity building programs and summarize our formal programs of outreach.
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South Asian Climate News - newsletter and website (SLMOHN ) | (1) to update South Asians about climate information, forecasts and news (2) provide information on South Asia elsewhere.
| Network of recipients and contributors are listed in website. | A relationship between the El Niño Southern Oscillation and Indian ocean Dipole phenomenon and rice production was established.
| Four quarterly issues of the newsletter provided by email and postal mail. A website archive for the newsletter was developed; Compilation of 6 year archive of newsletter. |
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Dissemination of Climate Information, Project Information | (1) Inform decision-makers of lessons of project work (2) provide useable climate information | Foundation for Environment, Climate and Technology, Sri Lanka. | Comprehensive Brochure on IRI’s Sri Lanka Projects compiled, Website for projects developed, Website for users in Sri Lanka developed, Feature articles published | Updating of Website, Brochure, and publication of review papers |
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Bibliography of Climate and Related Aspects for Sri Lanka
| Produce a bibliography of references on climate and related aspects for Sri Lanka
| J. Ratnayake, Univ. of Colombo, A. Somasundera, Univ. of Peradeniya, Z. Yahiya, NRMS | Bibliography was published in February 2004
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