Mountain Glaciers: Vanishing Sources of Water and LifepublicationMountain glaciers are among the most visible and emblematic indicators of climate change. Worldwide, glaciers are losing mass at unprecedented rates – a process that has accelerated in recent decades, with record losses in the 21st century. As an effect of widespread glacier shrinkage, the high mountains of the world... Download » |
The Indigenous Mountain Peoples Database is live!newsThe Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) in close collaboration with the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) has developed a database and an interactive map which connects indigenous mountain communities and the mountain range they inhabit. The scope of this project is to raise awareness about indigenous mountain peoples... Read more » |
Measuring the Mountain Green Cover IndexnewsFrom 26 - 29 November, 18 participants representing 18 different countries participated in “Measuring the Mountain Green Cover Index“ in a capacity building workshop at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, Italy. Participants from various technical backgrounds were introduced to the Mountain Green Cover Index and taught how to... Read more » |
Himalayan Environmental Education and Policy conferenceeventThe Himalayan Environmental Education and Policy conference will bring together 15 leading scholars who have studied the Himalayan environment from a broad range of disciplinary perspectives including the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.The conference is organzied by the University of Pittsburgh and Hanifl Centre. The primary goal of this academic conference... Read more » |
World Forum on Urban ForestseventThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the City of Mantova, the Politecnico di Milano and the Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology are organizing the first World Forum on Urban Forests, under the theme “Changing the nature of cities: the role of urban forestry... Read more » |
Romania adopts national mountain lawnewsFollowing fifteen years of efforts , the official Romanian “Mountain Law” for a better future in mountain areas was adopted during the 11th “Euromontana” Convention that took place 25-27 September 2018 in Suceava County (North Carpathians), Romania. - The delineation of the... Read more » |
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