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Good living in the Alps! Creative responses to the scarcity of resources

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International Commission for the Protection of the Alps (CIPRA) is organizing a conference on resource scarcity. Most natural resources are finite, in the Alps and elsewhere, so must be used carefully. The conference is entitled subject “Good living in the Alps! Creative responses to the scarcity of resources“...

Sixth Mountain Cinema Meeting

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This year’s edition of the annual film festival will see the participation of Mountain Wilderness France. The festival is organized by the Cinémathèque d'Images de Montagne, an association whose aim is to collect, safeguard and dissemenate films set in mountain areas. The organization will screen a number of...

Experts meet on climate change in the Himalayas

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Experts from the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region and around the world came together to map new ways forward for sharing knowledge, increasing engagement and building strong partnerships to open the door to further adaptation action in the region at a international conference on ‘Mountain People Adapting to Change: Solutions...

Tajik mountain tour group wins international prize

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The 2014 International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) Mountain Protection Award was presented to Pamir Horse Adventure, a Tajikstan-based community tour operator, for its conservation and tourism development initiatives in the Pamir Mountains on 20 October 2014 in Bern, Switzerland.

The award was given at the Kiku International...

IUCN World Parks Congress

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The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Parks Congress takes place every ten years and this year will convene more than 5 000 participants from all over the world to zero in on ‘Parks, people, planet: inspiring solutions’.

This global forum on protected areas...

Mountain People Adapting to Change: Solutions Beyond Boundaries Bridging Science, Policy, and Practice

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The international conference titled ‘Mountain People Adapting to Change: Solutions Beyond Boundaries Bridging Science, Policy, and Practice’ will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal as the annual flagship event of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). The conference aims to strengthen links and promote knowledge sharing between...