Innovation for mountains

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Issue 127 – Month 6 – Year 2019

The June 2019 issue of Peak to Peak starts by discussing Innovation for mountains in Baku, Azerbaijan. The newsletter continues with stories about calls for engagement and building partnerships for mountains. 

Peak to Peak provides a sampling of Mountain Partnership members’ activities and events...

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Conference Africa 2019

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The Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) Regional Conference Africa 2019 will be taking place in Kpalimé, Togo in early 2019, and has been organized to draw attention to the key role ecosystems play in the economy, human well-being, and culture of (Sub-Saharan) Africa.

Despite the many benefits ecosystem services offer, the ecosystems providing them face...

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Bogotá includes mountains in risk management

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The Corporación Ambiental Empresarial (CAEM) organized the International Seminar on Environmental Risk Management on Friday 7 June 2019 in Bogotá, Colombia. CAEM presented to 328 participants from companies and municipal entities about methodologies plans to reduce the risk of disasters such as the effects of climate change in...

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Migration and Sustainable Mountain Development: Turning Challenges into Opportunities

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This issue is part of the Sustainable Mountain Development Series published by Mountain Research and Development, the leading international scientific journal specifically devoted to sustainable development in the world’s mountains. This edition of the publication concerns rural populations' migrations: its challenges and complexities, and how to implement policies.

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The Mountain Partnership Survey results are now online

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The results of the Mountain Partnership member survey are now available on the MP website, together with the report produced by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS).] The survey was carried out between February and March 2019 and an early analysis of the results was discussed at the MP...

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Spanish mountain association plays Gaelic football

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The Association for Mountain Studies (CRYOSANABRIA) has organized the first training of a newly established Gaelic football team in the mountainous Sanabria region of northern Spain. The workshop was led by two professional instructors from neighbouring Galicia’s Gaelic football league. More than 20 people showed up to participate...

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