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Mountain tourism course scholarships announced

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The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and its UNWTO.Themis Foundation are offering one scholarship to officials from UNWTO Member States and one scholarship to graduates from UNWTO.TedQual certified programmes for the first international Postgraduate Diploma in Mountain Destination Management, to be held from October 2017 to June 2018.

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Andean tourism hotspot faces water challenge

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Chivay, a tourism hub and the provincial capital of the Colca Valley in Peru, is situated at approximately 3 600 metres (m) above sea level. With around 7 000 inhabitants, Chivay is the largest community in the Colca Valley, located in the Arequipa Region in the southern part of the...

Stepping up for mountains: Mountain Partnership Secretariat Annual Report 2016

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The Mountain Partnership Secretariat outlines its key achievements in promoting sustainable mountain development last year in its 2016 annual report. The publication documents the Secretariat’s work in the areas of advocacy, communication and knowledge management, promoting International Mountain Day, brokering joint action and leading capacity development initiatives. The 60-page publication...

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Mountain Business Summit

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Taking place in the heart of the Pyrenees Mountains, the Mountain Business Summit is an international trade show that will assemble key players contributing to the economic development of the mountain industry. For three days, professionals will share and promote their expertise with local and international investors and decision-makers. The...

International Summer University on Geoparks, Sustainable Regional Development and Healthy Lifestyles

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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Global Geoparks are geographical areas where sites and landscapes of international geological significance are managed with a holistic concept of protection, education and sustainable development. A UNESCO Global Geopark combines its geological heritage with the other aspects of the...

Mountain summer course in Italy to open

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Participants of the 2017 International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas (IPROMO) will meet on 5 July in Ormea and Pieve Tesino, Italy to begin a two-week training programme on sustainable mountain development. About 30 professionals from the fields of Agriculture, Economics, Forestry, Biology, Geology...