Mountain tourism conference in GeorgianewsThe potential of mountain tourism to foster economic development, as well as to raise awareness on environmental protection, was the major topic addressed at the Third World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Euro-Asian Mountain Resorts Conference. The event was held in Tbilisi, Georgia on 4-7 April, under the patronage of the Ministries...
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Ecosystem services of headwater catchmentsnewsThe European Forestry Commission Working Party on the Management of Mountain Watersheds and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have published Ecosystem Services in Headwater Catchments. The book aims to improve the understanding of mountain ecosystem services in a changing world and to promote...
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The Role of Women in Mountain RegionseventUnder the Austrian presidency of the Alpine Convention, in partner with the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps (CIPRA) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), an international conference entitled “The Role of Women in Mountain Regions” will take place in Alpbach,...
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AlpWeek 2016 report now onlinenewsThe report of the fourth edition of AlpWeek is now available online in English, French, German, Italian and Slovenian. Held under the slogan “Alps & People” in Grassau, Germany in October 2016, the fourth edition of AlpWeek was dedicated to the many aspects of the connections between the Alps and...
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Mountain inventory published in Alpine BotanynewsAn article by the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) team has been published in the journal Alpine Botany. “A global inventory of mountains for bio-geographical applications” describes the process the GMBA team followed to develop an inventory of the world’s mountains in order to assess the biological diversity...
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Call for papers on shifting cultivationnewsWork has begun on a new book, focused on “Farmer Innovations and Best Practices by Shifting Cultivators in Asia-Pacific”. The Editor of the forthcoming volume invites those working with or studying shifting cultivation in the Asia-Pacific region to submit papers and supporting photographs documenting and analysing farmer innovations and best...
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