![]() Equator Prize Award CeremonyeventThe Equator Prize is awarded biannually to recognize and advance local sustainable development solutions for people, nature and resilient communities. As local and indigenous groups across the world chart a path towards sustainable development, the Equator Prize spotlights 25 local initiatives by honouring them on an international stage. The event,... Read more » |
![]() World Environment Day: EvK2CNR disseminates climate education in the schools of NepalnewsWhat does the word "climate" mean? What are climate change and global warming? How do these things affect our lives, animals, plants and mountains? These are simple, but important questions that school children from the Khumbu Valley in Nepal, will face in the occasion of World Environment Day established by... Read more » |
![]() UNESCO Holds Workshop on Impact of Glacier Retreat in AndesnewsThe UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) organized a regional workshop titled "The Impact of Glacier Retreat in the Andes: International Multidisciplinary Network for Adaptation Strategies" under the auspices of its International Hydrological Programme (IHP), and Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme. The workshop, which took place in Lima, Peru,... Read more » |
![]() Why the Alps matterpublicationPolicy brief presented at Rio+20
The Alps are a coherent mountain region covering 190,568 km2 across eight countries, with a population of 14 million. Their central location in western Europe gives them many important roles for the continent. The Alpine economy is based on a symbiosis of... Download » |
![]() Why mountains of the Middle East and North Africa matterpublicationPolicy brief presented at Rio+20
Mountains of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are important for sustainable development in national, regional and global contexts. The goods and key ecosystem services provided by these mountains are vital for the sustainable development.... Download » |
![]() Why the Central Asian mountains matterpublicationPolicy brief presented at Rio+20
The Central Asian mountains provide an astonishing array of essential ecosystem goods and services not only to mountain inhabitants but also to people in the lowlands and around the globe. These goods and services include forest products and land for food production;... Download » |
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