Events

iAlp, Museum Collections Go “Smart”

Venue: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France

From: 11.07.2015 to: 11.07.2015

The iAlp project, headed by the Museo Nazionale della Montagna and to be signed into agreement on 11 July 2015, proposes a technological networking of mountain museums to...

Mountain Forest Management in a Changing World

Venue: Smokovce, Slovakia

From: 07.07.2015 to: 09.07.2015

Mountain forests are characterized by steep ecological gradients and constraints on silviculture and logging techniques. At high altitudes harsh environmental conditions limit productivity and slow down regeneration processes, making mountain...

Discovering medicinal and edible plants in the French Alps

Venue: Vercors, France

From: 27.06.2015 to: 27.06.2015

On the occasion of the Mountain Festival, on 27 June 2015, Mountain Wilderness France will organize a hike in the Vercors to discover edible and...

Interface between science and mountain protected areas: the role of scientific councils

Venue: Chambéry, France

From: 25.06.2015 to: 26.06.2015

The International Scientific Committee on Research in the Alps (ISCAR) and partners are organizing a workshop on the role and issues of scientific councils of mountain protected areas. Scientific...

Afromont Mountain Science Research Symposium

Venue: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

From: 22.06.2015 to: 24.06.2015

AfroMont, in partnership with the Climate Science Center (CSC) of Addis Ababa University, will host a Mountain Science Research Symposium in June 2015 to showcase African mountain research and research...

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

Venue: Worldwide

From: 17.06.2015 to: 17.06.2015

This global awareness event is organized by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), who expressed that 17 June is a “unique occasion to remind everybody that...