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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...

Environmental calendar drawn up in Argentina

09.08.2016

An environmental calendar was created in the first half of 2016, with the support of CONICET, in Santa Catalina, a town situated in the high elevations of the Argentinian province...

Demography, culture and life in the Alps

08.08.2016

Migration and depopulation, perspectives of traditional crafts, climate change and health are some of the topics that will be discussed during the AlpWeek 2016. Organized by the main Alpine organizations,...

Partnerships boosting mountain businesses

05.08.2016

The habitat offered by the Monti Sibillini National Park, Central Italy, suits the wild boar so well, there comes a point when wild boars are too prolific, and as part...

Mount Kenya elephant survey conducted

04.08.2016

Aerial counts of elephants in forest environments are ineffective due to the obstruction of tree canopies. Therefore, an ambitious elephant dung survey was carried out on foot along line transects....

Story grant opportunity for Nepali journalists

03.08.2016

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is pleased to announce a story grant opportunity and invites applications from interested Nepali journalists to apply for the ICIMOD Small...

Apply for Green Climate Fund observer status

02.08.2016

The application process for accreditation as an observer organization to the Green Climate Fund is currently open. Civil society organizations (CSOs), private sector organizations (PSOs) and international entities (IEs), wishing...