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Mountains of opportunities in new European policy

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Euromontana, a European multi-sectoral association for cooperation and development of mountain areas, has issued the third edition of its newsletter “A New CAP: Mountains of Opportunities,” summarizing the recently concluded European mountain convention held in Bilbao, Spain, from 22 to 24 October 2014.

The newsletter features the...

Celebrating International Mountain Day this year?

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This year on 11 December, the annual celebration of International Mountain Day (IMD) will highlight the valuable contributions of mountain family farming to livelihoods. IMD will be one of the concluding events of the International Year of Family Farming, as 2014 was proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United...

Mountain development course delves into farming

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Issue 71 - Month 7 - Year 2014

Our new issue of Peak to Peak opens with news about the International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas (IPROMO). We also look at new MP members and activities, see what members...

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Mountain development course delves into farming

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Twenty-four mountain development practitioners and researchers from 21 countries learned about promoting sustainable farming in mountain regions from 8 to 18 July 2014 in Ormea, Italy. The ten-day course, called the International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas (IPROMO), was organized by the Mountain Partnership...

Two Kyrgyz MP members share project experiences

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Two Kyrgyz mountain communities, involved in Mountain Partnership (MP) members'projects, met on 23 June 2014 to exchange experiences and build their respective capacities to harvest mushrooms and grow medicinal plants. Ten members of each group attended the meeting, which covered themes that included which species to plant and gather, when...

Mountain development course starts in Italy

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Around 25 development researchers and practitioners have gathered for the seventh session of International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas (IPROMO) in Ormea, Italy, on 8-18 July 2014. This year the annual course is called: Promoting Sustainable Farming in Mountain Regions to coincide with the...