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Visualizing mountain environment conservation

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As the custodian agency of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 15.4, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) developed the official indicator, the Mountain Green Cover Index, for monitoring progress towards the achievement of this target. Baseline data developed for the...

Call for participation, IPCC special report

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Issue 114 – Month 4 – Year 2018

The April issue of Peak to Peak opens with a call to contribute literature on mountains for possible inclusion in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate. The newsletter continues...

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Mountain women advocacy at CSW62

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A 26-member delegation from Utah Valley University (UVU) participated in the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters on 19-21 March 2018. The priority theme of CSW62 was “Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment...

2nd International Symposium on Agroecology

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There is a broad consensus that agroecology can be instrumental in achieving a wide range of policy, environmental and food security targets, from sustainability related goals to the reduction of rural poverty. Building on the 1st International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition, held in Rome in 2014,...

Call for participation, IPCC special report

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As part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sixth assessment cycle, an IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC) is currently being written and is to be completed and published by the end of 2019. The report assesses the relevant literature on...

Explorers carry MP flag to the Arctic

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“The Last Ice” is a project of exploration, adventure and science on some of the last frozen lakes of the northern hemisphere. A team of three athletes – climber and author Paku Crestas, entrepreneur and writer Albert Bosch and climber Pepe Ivars – with vast experience in extreme environments will...