A taste of mountain honey on World Bee Day

A taste of mountain honey on World Bee Day

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This 20 May 2020 marks the third annual World Bee Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness on the essential role bees and other pollinators play in keeping people and the planet healthy, and on the many challenges they face today.

This year’s theme is “Bee Engaged with a specific focus on bee...

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International Day of Light 2020: Electrifying rural mountain communities

International Day of Light 2020: Electrifying rural mountain communities

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The International Day of Light, an annual celebration held every 16 May, is a UNESCO-declared day to appreciate light and the role it plays in science, culture, art, education, sustainable development and more. On this day, we feature one Mountain Partnership member doing their part to spread light to...

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EURAC researcher presents role of mountain areas in post-pandemic world

EURAC researcher presents role of mountain areas in post-pandemic world

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The role of rural and mountain areas in the post-COVID world was at the heart of a lecture given by Professor Andrea Membretti from Mountain Partnership member EURAC Research on 7 May 2020. The seminar session used a local lens to explore the structural changes, restrictions and new place-based...

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Social distancing tree planting on Mount Kenya

Social distancing tree planting on Mount Kenya

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The Mount Kenya Trust (MKT) is still planting trees on Mount Kenya despite the global pandemic. The organization worked with the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) to obtain approval to keep planting while following the social distancing rules.

It is important that the MKT continues their work for Mount...

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Mountain Partnership members produce mountain documentary

Mountain Partnership members produce mountain documentary

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The May 2020 edition of Peak to Peak features an exciting collaboration between Mountain Partnership members on the creation of a documentary. This month's Members' Voices is about Mountain Partnership Products Initiative producers of maca andina in Peru. Peak to Peak May highlights four top news stories about using technology...

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Andean maca offers golden opportunities to producers in Peru

Andean maca offers golden opportunities to producers in Peru

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The golden powder of the maca plant brings health, happiness and security to the peoples of central Peru in the Andes, both past and present. Maca producers in Peru follow the traditions of the Incas – a civilization of 15th and 16th century South...

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