Mountains at the World Conservation CongressnewsThis year the World Conservation Congress, hosted by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), will feature a number of events that address mountains on 1-10 September in Hawaii, USA. The discussions will revolve around the theme of “Planet at the crossroads”, signifying that “the ecosystems...
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Agro-ecology training in mountains of MorocconewsMigrations & Développement started a project to train a network of farmers in southern Morocco in the ways of agro-ecology. To resolve two of the challenges that farmers in rural areas of the Moroccan Mountains are facing, namely poverty and the harsh living conditions, and environmental degradation due to...
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Newsletter about mountains in ArgentinanewsThe National Mountain Committee of Argentina has issued the 12th edition of its newsletter, which outlines progress made on the Telefood project. Two aspects of the project came to an end in April and in July 2016, respectively. The first was aimed at making students’ diets more healthy at the...
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Call for case studies on mountain culturepeak to peakIssue 95 – Month 8 – Year 2016 The August issue of Peak to Peak calls for case studies on mountain culture for International Mountain Day (IMD) communication materials. The newsletter continues with stories about a mountain apricot community in the Kyrgyz Republic, a call... Download » |
Alysh Dan: a mountain apricot communitynewsThe Farmer Cooperative ‘Alysh Dan’ was established in 2008 and is currently comprised of 1 200 members, including 63 households of bio-farmers. The cooperative produces organic products for domestic and export markets. Alysh Dan is located in the mountain village Kara-Bak, in the Batken region in southern Kyrgyzstan....
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Examining food justice in the Rocky MountainsnewsThis summer the University of Denver - Western Colorado Master Social Work (DU MSW) is focusing on sustainable food systems in the Western Slope and Central Rocky Mountain Region in rural Colorado, United States. The concept of food justice is being explored through a community dialogue and panel...
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