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How Sabzali illuminated his mountain village

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This is a story about changing people’s lives. This is Sabzali Javlonov’s story.

Sabzali Javlonov was born in the remote mountain village of Nisur in Tajikistan. Located at 2 500 metres above sea level in the upper reaches of the Bartang Valley, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, the village has no access to...

Visualizing mountain environment conservation

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As the custodian agency of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 15.4, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) developed the official indicator, the Mountain Green Cover Index, for monitoring progress towards the achievement of this target. Baseline data developed for the...

Mountain Travel Symposium

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The Mountain Travel Symposium (MTS) is the largest and longest running annual gathering of mountain travel professionals in the world. Representatives from over 35 countries gather to establish relationships, build their businesses, pursue professional development and create a stronger mountain community. The MTS is a global meeting place for the...

Call for participation, IPCC special report

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Issue 114 – Month 4 – Year 2018

The April issue of Peak to Peak opens with a call to contribute literature on mountains for possible inclusion in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate. The newsletter continues...

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Mountain women advocacy at CSW62

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A 26-member delegation from Utah Valley University (UVU) participated in the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters on 19-21 March 2018. The priority theme of CSW62 was “Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment...

2nd International Symposium on Agroecology

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There is a broad consensus that agroecology can be instrumental in achieving a wide range of policy, environmental and food security targets, from sustainability related goals to the reduction of rural poverty. Building on the 1st International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition, held in Rome in 2014,...