In Memoriam of the ''Tree Lady" Wangari MaathainewsKenyan social activist and environmental crusader, Wangari Maathai, passed away on 25 September in Kenya. She was the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize. The Green Belt Movement, which she founded in 1977, has planted an estimated 45 million trees around Kenya to combat deforestation that often...
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Call for submission of Multimedia Materials on Mountains and Green EconomynewsTo raise awareness of the importance of mountainous areas in a Green Economy context, and to provide concrete examples of how the world's mountain regions are contributing to the green economy, several members of the Mountain Partnership have agreed to join efforts to produce the annual issue of the Mountain...
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Powerful quake rocks the Himalayas - India, Nepal and TibetnewsA strong earthquake measuring 6.9 on the richter scale shook northeastern India and Nepal on Sunday evening, 18 September 2011. The earthquake, which triggered landslides, wrecking buildings and sent people fleeing into the streets of Kathmandu, the Nepalese capital, and other cities, initially struck a remote part of the Himalayas...
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Mountain Research and Development - available online and open accessnewsIn the newest issue of Mountain Research and Development (MRD) three papers focus on water resources and water management issues in the Indus Basin—one of the largest watersheds in the world, with well over 200 million people in the lower basin depending on the water from headwaters shared by China,...
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Juniper bush - disappearance in the Himalayas discovered by Mountain Institute expeditionnewsDuring a recent expedition to Imja Lake, Nepal, in the Himalayas, scientists of the Mountain Institute (TMI) discovered evidence that Jupiter bushes are disappearing. This phenomenon is a “disaster in making”, which will cause extreme problems to Himalayan ecosystems. The high terrain surrounding the lake, near the hill behind the...
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Famous Italian Climber Walter Bonatti dead at 81newsThe mountaineering world is mourning the death of the legendary Italian climber Walter Bonatti. He died of cancer in Rome aged 81. As one of the world’s most important climbers, Bonatti was a pioneer of little known and technically difficult routes, particularly in the Alps, the Himalayas and Patagonia in...
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