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Call for papers on mountain family farming

02.07.2013

Mountain Research and Development (MRD) has issued a call for papers on “Family Farming in Mountains: Institutional and Organizational Arrangements in the Face of Globalization” to coincide with the...

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EvK2CNR starts Karakorum permafrost study

01.07.2013

EvK2Cnr has begun its first scientific mission to study permafrost in the Karakorum mountain range, where its estimates suggest that the permanently frozen soil occupies an area double the...

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Preparations for Kyrgyz Republic mountain forest project presented

26.06.2013

FAO and the Kyrgyz Agency for Environment and Forest Protection presented preparations for a project on sustainable management of Kyrgyz high-elevation forests and farmland during a seminar on forest preservation in...

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University of Central Asia staffer receives government award

24.06.2013

Elbegzaya (Zaya) Batjargal, programme officer for the Mountain Partnership in Central Asia, has been awarded an honorary diploma by the Kyrgyz Government.

Receiving the award during a joint celebration of World...

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Tianshan mountains in China become World Heritage Site

21.06.2013

The Xinjiang Tianshan mountain range in China has been declared a natural World Heritage Site at a World Heritage Committee meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Mountain Partnership member the...

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Kenya Forest Service wins award for montane forest project

18.06.2013

The Kenya Forest Service has won a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) award for its implementation of a sustainable livelihood development project in the country's largest montane forest.
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