Mountain committee of Argentina receives Collect Earth trainingnewsOver 30 members of the National Committee for the Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions of Argentina participated in an online capacity building workshop on Collect Earth organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Conducted within the framework of “National Land Monitoring and Information System for a...
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Building a goat business in the Italian ApenninesnewsNot many people start their business by meeting a hermit in a bar. Ilaria lives in the small mountain hamlet of Garulla, Italy, located at 870 m in Monti Sibillini National Park, in the Central Apennines. Since the national disaster of the 2017 earthquakes, Garulla is inhabited by only four...
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Improving water regulation in Andean forest landscapesnewsLocal organizations and smallholder farmer communities in Peru are taking action to improve water regulation and sanitation in Andean forest landscapes and exchange knowledge with other districts. Communities in Ccerabamba, Huironay, Pacchani, Kiuñalla, Llanucancha, Atumpata and Micaela Bastidas held activities to protect springs, plant native trees and build ccochas (artisanal...
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Third GROW Summer School ends, Innovation Contest winner announcedpeak to peakThe October 2020 issue of Peak to Peak highlights the closing of the third annual GROW Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate Summer School and the winner of the first ever innovation contest. This month's Members' Voices is a Mountain Partnership Products producer story about goldenberry jam in Peru. Peak to... Download » |
UN Summit on BiodiversityeventThe United Nations Summit on Biodiversity will be convened by the President of the General Assembly in September 2020, at the level of Heads of State and Government under the theme of “Urgent action on biodiversity for sustainable development.” The Summit will take place as part of the UN's high-level...
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Kyrgyz women revolutionize beekeeping: Harvesting milky white honey in the Tien Shan mountainsnews“There emerges from (bees’) bellies a drink, varying in colors, in which there is healing for people” (The Qur’an, 16:69). Beekeeper Damira Kampabekova shares this passage from the Qur’an. It shows the spiritual importance she attributes to her work of producing honey. Kyrgyzstan, a Muslim-majority country, is world-renowned for its prized...
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