Virtual community space for climate adaptation in mountains

Virtual community space for climate adaptation in mountains

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The Adaptation at Altitude (AaA) programme has recently launched an online space centred on climate change adaptation in mountains. The virtual space is meant for those working on the topic to share findings, learn from others, discuss common challenges and announce events.

This space is hosted on the  climate change adaptation...

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Documenting moths in the Darjeeling Himalaya for National Moth Week

Documenting moths in the Darjeeling Himalaya for National Moth Week

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The Darjeeling Himalaya area is a mountainous region in the northwest of West Bengal, India. The Darjeeling Himalaya is known for its rich diversity of moths, yet few studies have documented moths in the region. To this day, the extent of the diversity of moth species in the area is...

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Overcoming marketing barriers of COVID-19 Webinar

Overcoming marketing barriers of COVID-19 Webinar

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The September 2020 issue of Peak to Peak highlights the first virtual Mountain Partnership Product (MPP) initiative webinars, which were held in English and Spanish. This month's Members' Voices is a Mountain Partnership Products producer story about Arabica coffee in Panama. Peak to Peak September highlights four top news stories from the...

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Mountain families in Tajikistan receive gift of clean energy for Idi Kurbon holiday

Mountain families in Tajikistan receive gift of clean energy for Idi Kurbon holiday

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NGO Little Earth continues to help the most vulnerable families in the mountain communities of the Pamirs in Tajikistan. At the end of July 2020, 46 families received sets of resource-saving equipment thanks to a joint initiative of Little Earth and German NGO SunHelp International.

The distribution of equipment fell on...

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MSRI’s cutting-edge research supports adaptive capacity of Kyrgyz livestock farmers

MSRI’s cutting-edge research supports adaptive capacity of Kyrgyz livestock farmers

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The University of Central Asia (UCA) Mountain Societies Research Institute (MSRI) has been studying pasture resource management, impacts of climate change on local community livelihoods, and resilience assessment in Kyrgyzstan.

Pastoralism has been one of the MSRI’s major thematic research areas since its establishment in 2011. According to the Read more »

Glacier photography project wraps up in the Alps

Glacier photography project wraps up in the Alps

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The Alps 2020” expedition will conclude the archival photography project On the Trail of the Glaciers” and will take place in the Italian, French, Swiss and Austrian Alps between mid-July and mid-September 2020. 

On the Trail of the Glaciers”, conceived and coordinated by Mountain...

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