Building resilience to climate change in mountain areas

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This side event during the 7th session of the UN General Assembly Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals will focus on the global impact of climate change in mountain ecosystems.

Dr Iván J. Ramírez, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health at Eugene Lang College of the New School for Liberal Arts,...

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Dance Theater of Nepal Sweet 16th Year

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This anniversary and reunion concert will highlight the performing arts traditions of Himalayan Nepal. The mountainous area is home to a rich variety of regional groups, each with its own language, customs, religious festivals and art forms. Read more

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Mountain ecosystems have great impact on the whole world

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The directors of Active Remedy Ltd., Stella and Tara Joy, spoke at UN Women UK Corporate Advisory Group meeting on water and sanitation on 13 November 2013 in London, England, to call the attention of global business representatives to the great and critical impact mountains have on the whole...

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Towards an EU Strategy for the Alpine Region

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The Initiatives of the Alpine regions and states, the Alpine Convention and the European Territorial Cooperation programme Alpine Space are organizing a conference to discuss a macro-regional strategy for the Alpine Region and for Europe as a whole at the Permanent Representation of France to the European Union (EU).Read more »

Gathering on Mountain Legal Structures in Iran

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On its 20^th anniversary and to mark International Mountain Day (IMD), the Mountain Environment Protection Society (MEPS) will organize a one-day gathering in Tehran, Iran, on 16 December to highlight the need to create mountain legal structures and promote governmental capacities concerning sustainable mountain development in Iran. Government officials...

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Argentina celebrates International Mountain Day at the UN in New York

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The Permanent Mission of Argentina, together with the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), celebrated International Mountain Day (IMD) with an event in New York, USA, on 11 December 2013.

Representatives of more than 30 governments as well as major groups and...

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