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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...

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...

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...

SHARE GeoNetwork – data and information on high altitude

15.12.2011

SHARE GeoNetwork, a catalogue including metadata, spatial data and geographic information on high altitude environments, is online. SHARE GeoNetwork has been developed by Ev-K2-CNR with the support of Italian and...

Centre for Environment Education (CEE) Himalaya - India

15.12.2011

IMD 2011 was observed by CEE Himalaya as part of their Paryavaran Mitra program in two districts of Kashmir valley. Two schools - Baby’s Land Public School, Wakura in Ganderbal...

Workshop on Best Practices for Partnerships Considers Options for Rio+20

14.12.2011

A “Workshop on Partnerships Best Practices and their contributions to Rio+20” will be held on 14 December 2011 at UN Headquarters in New York, US. It was convened as an initial discussion...

New information on mountain ecosystems highlights need for investment, adaptation and resilience

13.12.2011

As the world celebrated UN International Mountain Day on 11 December, new information released by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), a global mechanism of 14 international organizations, institutions and...