GROW Summer School begins at FAO headquarters

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Participants from 18 countries are attending the Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate second annual GROW Summer School at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in Rome. The two-week course provides practitioners with the necessary tools, knowledge and understanding to enhance productivity and improve marketing strategies...

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First International Conference on Semi-Arid Mountain Environments

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Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA), in collaboration with the Asir region of the Kingdom, is organizing the First International Conference on Semi-Arid Mountain Environments from 17 – 19 September.

This year’s inaugural conference focuses on the Asir region, an area in the southwest of Saudi Arabia. The...

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Science Magazine, Policy Forum: "Accelerating the movement for mountain peoples and policies"

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Yuka Makino, Sara Manuelli and Lindsey Hook from the Mountain Partnership authored this article for Science, a peer-reviewed, academic journal produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The article covers the current movement for mountain peoples and policies, details how these policies have far-reaching impacts on those...

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Jubilee conference CAIAG

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The International Scientific Conference dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the Central Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences (CAIAG) will be taking place from 16 -18 September in Bishkek, Kygrysztan. The conference will be devoted to remote and terrestrial exploration of the earth in Central Asia. 

The conference is organized by the...

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Side event at Conference of the Parties 14 to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 14)

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The Secretariats of the Mountain Partnership and the Global Mechanism/UNCCD will be holding a side event at UNCCD COP 14 at the India Expo Centre and Market in New Delhi, India, on 12 September from 18.00 to 20.00 hours in Room MET 15.

The side event is titled,...

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CLimate-Smart Forestry in MOuntain Regions (CLIMO) workshop

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The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) is organizing a "CLimate-Smart Forestry in MOuntain Regions" workshop in Stará Lesná, Slovakia from 9 - 11 September 2019.

Forestry has a key role to play when it comes to meeting the EU’s climate goals. The new LULUCF Regulation is the third pillar...

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