Mainstreaming mountain biodiversitynewsMember states and key decision makers met to discuss how to mainstream mountains into the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. The Informal Mountain Gathering was held on the margins of the Second Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework at the Food and Agriculture...
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Members’ Voices: Bibiana Vilá - VICAMnewsI have dedicated my entire professional life to vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna): wild South American camelids that roam the Andes Mountains. I am a biologist working in Argentina to conserve these animals using a combination of modern science and indigenous knowledge. Though I was born at sea level, I have developed my...
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Mountain Gathering at the Second Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity FrameworkeventThis informal mountain gathering targets decision-makers and aims to review the latest scientific evidence related to mountain biodiversity, discuss policy recommendations and why mountains should be elevated within the ongoing discussions for a CBD Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, and review and discuss preliminary 2050 goals and 2030 action targets. Organized by...
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World Biodiversity ForumeventThis forum aims to bring together diverse perspectives to redefine and set the agenda for biodiversity efforts over the next decade. The forum supports the “New Deal for Nature” to be forged by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at the end of next year. The end goal is to...
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Announcing IMD 2020 theme: Mountain biodiversity!newsThis year’s theme for International Mountain Day (IMD) 2020 is protecting mountain biodiversity. The year 2020 has been widely termed the “Super Year of Biodiversity”, what the United Nations Environment Programme calls, “a make or break year in which key international meetings will set the tone and agenda for...
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Using sensor technology for mountainsnewsThe University of Turin, in collaboration with the company “Lo Scatol8 per la Sostenibilità”, is advancing technology in the Monte Rosa mountain massif between Italy and Switzerland. Researchers are testing electronic sensor technology and communication radios on the environment and community in the Col d’Olen mountain pass. The project, called “The...
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