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Mountain Partnership project highlighted at The World Farmers Markets Coalition Second General Assembly

Mountain Partnership project highlighted at The World Farmers Markets Coalition Second General Assembly

19.07.2024

On 12 July 2024, industry leaders, agriculture experts and farmers gathered from around the world for an event focused on leveraging partnerships to enhance local food systems. The event featured a series of roundtable discussions aimed at identifying and forging new alliances.

The first roundtable discussion explored the challenges and opportunities...

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Water scarcity in the tropical Andes: Population growth outweighs climate change

Water scarcity in the tropical Andes: Population growth outweighs climate change

20.07.2012

As the Earth’s surface warms, climate models predict that the amount of fresh water for human consumption will likely decrease in parts of the globe. While that prospect looms for...

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MRD: Call for papers on "Water Governance in Mountains"

MRD: Call for papers on "Water Governance in Mountains"

19.07.2012

2013 will be the International Year of Water Cooperation. For its August 2013 issue, the Mountain Research and Development (MRD) is seeking papers presenting well-validated policy and practice-oriented insights for...

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Migration and climate change in mountain areas: workshop summary

Migration and climate change in mountain areas: workshop summary

18.07.2012

The workshop on “Migration and climate change in mountain areas”, was co-organised by the University of Neuchâtel (Prof. Etienne Piguet) and the University of Sussex (Prof. Richard Black), held in...

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Tibetan Glaciers Shrinking Rapidly: comprehensive survey reveals influence of prevailing winds

Tibetan Glaciers Shrinking Rapidly: comprehensive survey reveals influence of prevailing winds

17.07.2012

The majority of glaciers on the Tibetan plateau - 100,000 square kilometers of glaciers that supply water to about 1.4 billion people in Asia - and in the surrounding region...

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Endangered species in the Karakorum Mountains: a threat to biodiversity in the Park

Endangered species in the Karakorum Mountains: a threat to biodiversity in the Park

16.07.2012

Mining, uncontrolled deforestation and hunting. These are the factors that seriously threaten the biodiversity of the Karakorum Mountains home to 10 species of mammals and 12 species of birds in...

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Water from glaciers for the arid regions: monitoring the Baltoro

Water from glaciers for the arid regions: monitoring the Baltoro

13.07.2012

In the arid climate of northern Pakistan, glacial melt water represents nearly all water usable by the population. Monitor the evolution of the Baltoro, is the objective of the project,...

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