Pastures for the future in Kyrgyzstan

Pastures for the future in Kyrgyzstan

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CAMP Alatoo will hold a workshop on pastures for pilot village administrations as part of the project ‘Biodiversity conservation and integrated management of pasture and wildlife’. During the  five-day meeting, the spatial distribution of livestock will be presented based on the maps developed by the project, according to...

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Top Spanish chef to promote mountain product cuisine

Top Spanish chef to promote mountain product cuisine

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Quique Dacosta, renowned chef with three Michelin stars, and Thomas Hofer, Coordinator of the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, met in Dénia, Spain, on 15 February 2014. They discussed embarking on a project to feature high quality traditional mountain products, enhanced by gourmet cooking. This initiative was first proposed in September 2013...

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From Machhapuchhare to Machu Picchu: Key Challenges of Sustainable Mountain Development in the Time of Climate+Change

From Machhapuchhare to Machu Picchu: Key Challenges of Sustainable Mountain Development in the Time of Climate+Change

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Experts from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and The Mountain Institute will lead an interregional dialogue within the forum of farmers, academics, policy makers, scientists and private sector who share knowledge and stories about change in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region.

One of the speakers, Dhrupad Choudhury of...

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Peru holds brainstorming session with 20 countries to include mountains in Post-2015 development agenda

Peru holds brainstorming session with 20 countries to include mountains in Post-2015 development agenda

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Diplomats from twenty countries convened at the Permanent Mission of Peru to the United Nations in New York, USA, on 6 February 2014 to discuss how to integrate mountains in the Post-2015 development agenda. Almost all of the countries in attendance belong to the Mountain Partnership and also serve on...

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 United Nations General Assembly Resolution: Sustainable Mountain Development (2014)

United Nations General Assembly Resolution: Sustainable Mountain Development (2014)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on Sustainable mountain development at 68th Session.
A/RES/68/217

 

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Mountains and forests make headlines at the United Nations

Mountains and forests make headlines at the United Nations

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Emphatic calls were made for mountains and forests to be prominently featured in the Post-2015 development agenda during a 5 February 2014 event at UN headquarters in New York as the 8th session of the UN’s Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) wrapped up its ‘stocktaking’ phase....

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