Mountain summer school to be held in UkrainenewsThe Grassroots Institute, alongside its partners and collaborators, is holding a Summer Field School and Workshop on Mountain Ecosystems and Resource Management (FSc MER 2020) next July in Ukraine’s Carpathian Mountains. Future leaders – including researchers, students, practitioners and scholars – may apply to this 10-day international programme. Thirty to...
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Eastern Himalayan Naturenomics Forum 2019eventThe Balipara foundation will be presenting the Eastern Himalayan Naturenomics Forum 2018, Rural Futures: Nature Capital towards Universal Basic Assets. The Forum will take place from 5-6 November in Assam, India. It will be a participatory gathering to explore the crucial role of local communities in the Eastern Himalayas,...
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ICIMOD Trans-Himalayan Environmental Humanities workshop: "Integrating Indigenous Mountain Knowledge, Modern Sciences, and Global Endeavours for a Sustainable Himalayan Region"eventThe International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), through its Himalayan University Consortium (HUC), will host an innovative workshop which approaches environmental sustainability in the Hindu Hush Himalaya (HKH) region through the lenses of the social sciences and humanities. The workshop will showcase the latest studies on water, climate change...
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WMO Summit identifies priority action for high mountainspeak to peakThe November 2019 issue of Peak to Peak begins with an overview of the WMO High Mountain Summit, which concluded with the adoption of a Call for Action on High Mountain Weather, Climate and Water, and a roadmap of priority activities. The newsletter continues with the Members' Voices section, this... Download » |
WMO Summit identifies priority action for high mountainsnewsRising global temperatures are causing unprecedented changes in the environments of high mountain regions. The mountain cryosphere - glaciers, snow, and permafrost - and high-altitude mountain ecosystems, provide and regulate freshwater resources for around half of the world’s population. These ecosystems now face severe pressure as a result of climate...
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Members’ Voices: Organic World and Fair Future (OWF), Nepal – Ashmita LamanewsI can remember being a child playing in the mountains: picking wild orchids for my hair, swimming in a stream, climbing trees to pick berries. What I know now, but did not then, is that mountains are the base of our livelihoods and natural heritage. I have devoted my life to...
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