![]() Crop diversity in the Pamir HighlandsnewsThe Public Organization “Environmental Consultancy”, jointly with the Pamir Eco-Cultural Tourism Association, will conduct a course on biocultural diversity, focused on the centennial of geneticist Nikolay Ivanovich Vavilov’s expedition to the Pamir Highlands to explore the links between genetic diversity of crops and human cultures, on 2-10 August 2017 in... Leer más » |
![]() Mountains, one year after the Paris AgreementnewsOne year ago, on 22 April (Earth Day) 2016, 175 of the 197 Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York to sign the Paris Agreement, an international treaty to address climate change. As of today, one year after... Leer más » |
![]() Village for the Planet 2017eventMountain Partnership member Earth Day Italia Onlus, in collaboration with the Focolare Movement of Rome, is organizing the Villaggio per la Terra 2017, “Village for the Planet”, in celebration of Earth Day on 22 April. The event will take place in two locations in Rome, Italy: at the Terrazza... Leer más » |
![]() Mountains and Sacred LandscapeseventThe India China Institute (ICI) at The New School, the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture (ISSRNC), American University’s Center for Latin America and Latino Studies (CLALS) and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) announce an international conference on the theme of mountains... Leer más » |
![]() Mountain inventory published in Alpine BotanynewsAn article by the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) team has been published in the journal Alpine Botany. “A global inventory of mountains for bio-geographical applications” describes the process the GMBA team followed to develop an inventory of the world’s mountains in order to assess the biological diversity... Leer más » |
![]() Call for papers on shifting cultivationnewsWork has begun on a new book, focused on “Farmer Innovations and Best Practices by Shifting Cultivators in Asia-Pacific”. The Editor of the forthcoming volume invites those working with or studying shifting cultivation in the Asia-Pacific region to submit papers and supporting photographs documenting and analysing farmer innovations and best... Leer más » |
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