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Cairngorms National Park celebrates 10th anniversary

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2013 marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Cairngorms National Park, the largest in the UK.

Its mountain massif contains five of the UK's six highest mountains, its highest being Ben Macdhui at 4296 ft, barely 100 feet lower than the UK's highest. Ben Nevis.

Cairngorm means 'blue mountain' which...

CAMP Forum 2013: Energy - Efficiency - Future

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The Central Asian Mountain Program (CAMP) Forum will take place 27-29 August this year in Kalmak Ashu village, Chuy Oblast, Kyrgyzstan. The topic of the forum will be Energy - Efficiency - Future: Access and innovation for Mountain Communities.

The CAMP network unites four agencies working for sustainable development of mountain...

Video on sustainable building in mountain cities

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The MountEE sustainable public building project has released a video showcasing how attractive and ecologically sound architecture can be created in the mountain areas of Europe.

Mountain towns from Sweden to the Pyrenees and the Alps that are pioneers in this domain feature in the 14-minute video called “Building for the...

Passing of an advocate for mountains

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Dr Jane Pratt, a staunch advocate for mountain communities and environments, passed away on 12 August 2013 at home in Virginia, USA.

Pratt’s 35-year career in the field of sustainable development and environmental stewardship included eight years as the president and CEO of The Mountain Institute (TMI), an international...

Call for submissions for Sustainable Mountain Development Summit 2013

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The Sustainable Development Forum Nagaland (SDFN) and India Water Portal have issued a call for contributions for their upcoming 3rd Mountain Development Summit that will take place in Kohima, India, in September.

The Mountain Development Summit aims to bring together people working in the Indian Himalayas to find ways to influence...

High Level International Conference on Water Cooperation

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The High Level International Conference on Water Cooperation will take place 20-22 August in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

The main objective of the conference is to contribute to improvement of water cooperation through advocating for successful policies and best practices, wider public participation, and encouragement of policy makers to promote...