International Training Course on Combating DesertificationeventTurkey’s General Directorate of Combating Desertification and Erosion invites participants from eligible countries in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia to take part in the International Training Course on Combating Desertification. The course is open to two representatives per country and is aimed at decision makers, forest engineers and NGOs... Read more » |
Global Platform for Disaster Risk ReductioneventOrganized by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (Global Platform), as recognized by the UN General Assembly, is the main forum at the global level for strategic advice, coordination, partnership development and the review of progress in the implementation of international... Read more » |
Global Himalayan Expedition wins tourism awardnewsGlobal Himalayan Expedition (GHE), a Mountain Partnership member from India, won the Start-Up Innovation Award for the category of “impact tourism” at the fifth World Tourism Forum Lucerne in Lucerne, Switzerland on 4-5 May 2017. GHE earned this prize for their business model of leveraging tourism and technology... Read more » |
Eradicating poverty in mountainsnewsThe Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RANS), a Mountain Partnership member in General Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), contributed a written statement on behalf of the Mountain Partnership to the 2017 ECOSOC Integration Segment on 8-10 May 2017. As the theme of... Read more » |
Chogoria Mount Kenya Mountain Run (Postponed)eventDue to weather conditions, this event has been postponed until November 2017 - more information coming soon. Mara Expeditions Community Based Organization, in collaboration with the Kenya Wildlife Service, Kenya Forest Service, Athletics Kenya, Flexi-Biogas and Tharaka- Nithi County Government, is organizing a mountain running half marathon on Mount... Read more » |
Greening the Economy in the Alpine RegioneventThe Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the German Environment Agency, and the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention are pleased to announce the Alpine-wide conference on “Greening the Economy in the Alpine Region”. The aim of the conference is to present the outcomes of the sixth Report... Read more » |
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