Milan Fashion Week: Rural mountain women collaborate with top Italian designernewsA unique collection by Italian-Haitian fashion designer Stella Jean and craftswomen from the mountains of Kyrgyzstan will be highlighted at Milan Fashion Week today. The collaboration is supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through its Women’s Committee and the Mountain Partnership Products initiative, a...
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Reserva la fecha: IPROMO 2021 LatinoamericanonewsLos ecosistemas andinos son diversos, así como las actividades humanas que en ellos se desarrollan. Sus paisajes son producto de interacciones socioambientales, políticas y económicas construidas durante años, a través de complejos procesos de co-adaptación y transformación. Estas interacciones influyen en todas las dimensiones de las sociedades andinas, desde las...
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Bringing solar power to medical centres in the Indian Himalayas during Covid-19newsGlobal Himalayan Expedition (GHE) is providing solar power to health centres along with critical medical care equipment for remote communities of Ladakh and Meghalaya, India. India has over 23 000 primary healthcare centres (PHC) and over 1 million medical sub-centres catering to 70 percent of the population. Health centres often...
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Red, the colour of prosperity for indigenous Ulikan rice farmers in the PhilippinesnewsIt is 6.00 in the Pasil River Valley of Kalinga Province in the Philippine Cordillera. Lucious green mountains dotted with rice fields extend as far as the eye can see. Lita Caniw, 72, is headed to work at her six parcels of land in the Fummag Rice Terraces. Throughout her...
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IMD 2021 to focus on sustainable mountain tourismnewsThe theme of this year's International Mountain Day (IMD) on 11 December will be sustainable mountain tourism. Sustainable tourism in mountains can contribute to creating additional and alternative livelihood options and promoting poverty alleviation, social inclusion, as well as landscape and biodiversity conservation. It is a way to preserve the natural,...
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Members' Voices: Farmer Tantoh, Save Your Future Association, CameroonnewsMy name is Dieudonne Tanton Nforba, but to many, I am known as "Farmer Tantoh." I live and work in Bamenda in the Western Highlands of Cameroon where I am a farmer and a grassroots environmental activist. I am also founder and coordinator of a non-profit called Save Your...
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