Enter the 2023 International Mountain Day photo contest

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The November 2023 issue of Peak to Peak calls for submissions for the 2023 International Mountain Day photo contest, which focuses on restoring mountain ecosystems. Top news covers the launch of the Mountain Partnership's Mountain Youth Hub during the United Nations Global Indigenous Youth Forum, the creation of a new...

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Members' Voices: Austin George Smith, International Network for Bamboo and Rattan

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In this latest Members' Voices feature, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat interviews Austin George Smith, a Communication and Press Specialist at the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR), who sheds light on the benefits of bamboo and rattan, their role in conversing mountain biodiversity as well as INBAR’s positive...

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GEO Mountains Workshop: Interdisciplinary Monitoring, Data, and Capacity Sharing Across East Africa

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This event is one of a series of engagements that GEO Mountains is undertaking during 2023 under the Adaptation at Altitude Programme. Overall, the workshop seeks to provide a platform to bring together data providers and data users from a range of disciplines working across the mountains of East...

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MP member launches African NGO network to drive environmental sustainability

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A new alliance launched on 20 October 2023 by the Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS Network) and the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance aims to drive environmental sustainability in Africa. The African NGOs Alliance for Environmental Sustainability (ANAES) brings together leading non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to unify efforts conservation across the content.

Africa faces...

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Indigenous youth discuss mountain solutions at UN Global Indigenous Youth Forum

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Indigenous youth from mountain regions worldwide convened to exchange insights on opportunities and solutions at a side event held during the United Nations Global Indigenous Youth Forum on 18 October 2023. The side event "Mountain Youth Hub: Elevating Indigenous youth voices for a better mountain future" was facilitated by...

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Mountain Innovation Fair

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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UNU-EHS Global Mountain Safeguard Research programme (GLOMOS) invite applications for the First Mountain Innovation Fair from 23- 25 October 2023 in Bolzano, Italy.

Dealing with remoteness, a rugged environment, exposed to natural hazards and a fast-changing climate, mountain areas have always been challenged...

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