#MountainsMatter contest deadline extended

#MountainsMatter contest deadline extended

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The deadline to enter the #MountainsMatter video contest has been extended from 20 October to 3 November 2017. From Brazil to France, Nepal to Tanzania, people around the world are responding to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)’s call for one-minute videos on the...

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Climate Change, Food Security and Freshwater: Tackling Constraints and Nurturing Opportunities in Mountain Regions

Climate Change, Food Security and Freshwater: Tackling Constraints and Nurturing Opportunities in Mountain Regions

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Coinciding with World Food Day on 16 October, the Karnali Integrated Rural Development and Research Centre (KIRDARC) and the Nepalese Civil Society Mountain Initiative (NCSMI), together with the Ministry of Population and Environment of Nepal, the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) and Kathmandu University...

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Call for papers, food security and SMD

Call for papers, food security and SMD

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Food security is a key concern for sustainable mountain development (SMD). The journal Mountain Research and Development is looking for papers that present validated insights into development solutions for reducing malnutrition and increasing food security for mountain peoples. The papers should analyse food systems in mountains against the background of...

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8th International Meeting of Rural Andean Peoples

8th International Meeting of Rural Andean Peoples

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The eighth International Meeting of Rural Andean Peoples will be held in San Pedro De Atacama, Chile on 12-15 October 2017. Organized by the village of Lickanantay, Red de Agroindustria Rural del Perú (REDAR Perú), the Programme for the Development of Rural Agricultural Production of the Peruvian Ministry...

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Database of groups working with pastoralists

Database of groups working with pastoralists

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Pastoralists are a collective of several hundred million livestock keepers whose unique livelihoods face challenges that are often linked to the environments in which they live and to the mobility that characterizes them. They are the main producers in the world’s drylands, mountains and cold areas. The Pastoralist Knowledge Hub...

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‘Life in the Mountains’ publication launched

‘Life in the Mountains’ publication launched

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The publication Life in the Mountains: Environmental and Cultural Diversity of Development Models was launched this month in Dushanbe, Tajikistan during an event organized by the University of Central Asia (UCA). As part of a series of public lectures held by UCA in partnership with the Russian Geographical...

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