Mountain Watersheds and Ecosystem Services: Balancing multiple demands of forest management in head-watersheds

Mountain Watersheds and Ecosystem Services: Balancing multiple demands of forest management in head-watersheds

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The European Forestry Commission Working Party on the Management of Mountain Watersheds (EFC WPMMW) met  for its 30th session in Pieve Tesino, Italy on 22-24 September 2015. The session focused on "Mountain Watersheds and Ecosystem Services: Balancing multiple demands of forest management in head-watersheds". The following publication is the proceedings...

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Study on Collection and Utilisation of Minor Forest Produces by Mountain Women

Study on Collection and Utilisation of Minor Forest Produces by Mountain Women

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The study was conducted on 107 women villagers from four villages in Dhanaulti in Uttarakhand, India for qualitative and quantitative measurement of collection and utilisation of Minor Forest Produces (MFP) by women. Mountain women regularly collect fuelwood, fodder grass, leaves and vegetables, fruits and flowers, medicinal plants and branches from...

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Asia commemorates IMD

Asia commemorates IMD

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Throughout Asia, governments, organizations and individuals enthusiastically observed International Mountain Day (IMD) in December 2017. The theme “Mountains under pressure: climate, hunger, migration” was the focus of many Mountain Partnership members’ seminars and conferences. In Bangladesh, the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs held its fifth consecutive annual celebration of...

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Africa

Africa's annual tribute to mountains

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Governments and organizations throughout the African continent held events to honour International Mountain Day (IMD) 2017. The sixth edition of Algeria’s National Mountain Festival, hosted by the Association Assirem Gouraya, was held on 7-15 December in Bejaia, Algeria. Organized under the theme "Mountains under pressure: climate, hunger and migration", activities...

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2017 Italian Mountains Report launched

2017 Italian Mountains Report launched

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The Rapporto Montagne Italia 2017 (2017 Italian Mountains Report) was presented on 30 January 2018 in the House of Commons in Rome. Now in its third edition, the report is produced annually by the Italian Mountain Foundation, which is made up by the National Organization of Mountain Municipalities,...

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IMD celebrated in over 35 countries in 2017

IMD celebrated in over 35 countries in 2017

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Over 180 events marked International Mountain Day (IMD) around the world on 11 December 2017, when mountaineers, mountain lovers, governments and civil society groups gathered to celebrate mountain peoples and environments. Celebrations took place in more than 35 countries, including Albania, Bangladesh, Canada, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Morocco, Nepal, Switzerland and...

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