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MRD issue on Mountains and Energy

02.01.2012

The current issue of the Mountain Research and Development (MRD) journal (Volume 31 No 4) is devoted to sustainable production and use of energy in mountain areas. It...

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International Mountain Day 2011: Mountains and forests, "living together"

31.12.2011

“Millions of people in the big cities are drinking water coming from these Central Asian mountains. And most of them, they don’t know where the water is coming from.” .Read More »

Dolomite mountains: "crumbling down" in winter caused by climate change?

29.12.2011

A few days before Christmas, the eastern slope of the Sass Maor has fallen to pieces.
Known as one of the major peaks in the Dolomites, the Sass Maor...

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Working together to make mountains shine

23.12.2011

Dear Members and Friends,

If you click on the link below, you will find a few particular moments of our work together this year that I would like to share with...

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UHI research warns of snow-free 'black Christmases'

21.12.2011

By 2050 more snow-free ‘black Christmases’ are likely to affect Rovaniemi, capital of the Finnish Lapland and official hometown of Santa Claus, a study led by the Centre for Mountain...

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The State Government of Rio de Janeiro promotes the creation of the State Park of Pedra Selada

16.12.2011

To coincide with the International Mountain Day, the State Institute for the Environment, Brazil (Instituto Estadual do Ambiente - INEA/SEA-RJ) promoted on 7 December 2011 a public meeting in the...

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