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Mainstreaming mountain biodiversity

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This issue of Peak to Peak kicks off with a recap of the Informal Mountain Gathering, held on the sidelines of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework at FAO headquarters. This month's Members' Voices features Bibiana Vilá, a biologist in Argentina specializing in vicuñas. The newsletter...

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Mainstreaming mountain biodiversity

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Member states and key decision makers met to discuss how to mainstream mountains into the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

The Informal Mountain Gathering was held on the margins of the Second Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework at the Food and Agriculture...

Members’ Voices: Bibiana Vilá - VICAM

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I have dedicated my entire professional life to vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna): wild South American camelids that roam the Andes Mountains. I am a biologist working in Argentina to conserve these animals using a combination of modern science and indigenous knowledge.

Though I was born at sea level, I have developed my...

Mountain Gathering at the Second Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

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This informal mountain gathering targets decision-makers and aims to review the latest scientific evidence related to mountain biodiversity, discuss policy recommendations and why mountains should be elevated within the ongoing discussions for a CBD Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, and review and discuss preliminary 2050 goals and 2030 action targets.

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World Biodiversity Forum

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This forum aims to bring together diverse perspectives to redefine and set the agenda for biodiversity efforts over the next decade. The forum supports the “New Deal for Nature” to be forged by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at the end of next year. The end goal is to...

Announcing IMD 2020 theme: Mountain biodiversity!

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This year’s theme for International Mountain Day (IMD) 2020 is protecting mountain biodiversity.

The year 2020 has been widely termed the “Super Year of Biodiversity”, what the United Nations Environment Programme calls, “a make or break year in which key international meetings will set the tone and agenda for...