Social distancing tree planting on Mount Kenya

Social distancing tree planting on Mount Kenya

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The Mount Kenya Trust (MKT) is still planting trees on Mount Kenya despite the global pandemic. The organization worked with the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) to obtain approval to keep planting while following the social distancing rules.

It is important that the MKT continues their work for Mount...

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Mountain Partnership members produce mountain documentary

Mountain Partnership members produce mountain documentary

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The May 2020 edition of Peak to Peak features an exciting collaboration between Mountain Partnership members on the creation of a documentary. This month's Members' Voices is about Mountain Partnership Products Initiative producers of maca andina in Peru. Peak to Peak May highlights four top news stories about using technology...

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Andean maca offers golden opportunities to producers in Peru

Andean maca offers golden opportunities to producers in Peru

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The golden powder of the maca plant brings health, happiness and security to the peoples of central Peru in the Andes, both past and present. Maca producers in Peru follow the traditions of the Incas – a civilization of 15th and 16th century South...

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Pathways to successful higher education for girls in rural mountain communities in Nepal

Pathways to successful higher education for girls in rural mountain communities in Nepal

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How to create the most effective enabling environments and support systems to further girls’ education in rural Nepal was the focus of the article, “Identifying paths to successful higher education for girls in the Solukhumbu District, Nepal”.

The article is written by Mountain Partnership members Sally E. Wier, President and Co-founder...

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Mountain Partnership members produce mountain documentary

Mountain Partnership members produce mountain documentary

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Mountain Partnership members from Panama and the United States of America have formed an alliance to advance sustainable mountain development through video storytelling.

Master’s students from Western Colorado University’s Center for Mountain Transitions have teamed up with Fundación CoMunidad in Panama to create a documentary to connect the...

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Mountain Partnership members react to COVID-19

Mountain Partnership members react to COVID-19

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The entire world is impacted by COVID-19, including communities in mountains. Mountain Partnership members are stepping up to cope with the pandemic in mountain areas and build solidarity from the world’s peaks.

The Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO) in Portugal has devoted its time, efforts, resources and...

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