iAlp, mountain museums going digital

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The Museo Nazionale della Montagna of Turin, Italy and the Musée Alpin of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France are building a digital database of their combined cultural assets to be made available to the rest of the world. The “iAlp: Interactive Alpine Museums” project, initiated within the framework of the Mountain...

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A study on Philippine mountain peoples

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Indigenous mountain peoples are using community-based forest resources management to mitigate climate variation in the Caraballo Mountains, the Philippines, a new study shows. Using qualitative case study research methods and survey questionnaires in the local language Tagalog, researchers of the Ecija University of Science and Technology examined the relationship between...

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iAlp: Interactive Alpine Museums

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The “iAlp: Interactive Alpine Museums” project, initiated within the framework of the Mountain Partnership, aims to streamline access to and distribution of historical information across borders through innovative museum activities and the use of technologies, including the creation of an App that will make the cultural heritage of the Read more »

Oil and gas exploitation in the Albertine Rift

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The Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) has issued the fourth edition of AREALA News, a newsletter of the Albertine Rift Environmental Assessment Alliance to promote sustainable development responsibility. This special edition focuses on oil and gas exploitation in key freshwater biodiversity areas of the Albertine Rift region, where...

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Mount Kilimanjaro Research Group Meeting

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The interdisciplinary AfroMont-Mount Kilimanjaro Research Group meeting will bring together researchers working on African mountains. The conference theme will be "African mountain ecosystems under global change: Linking biodiversity, biotic interactions and biogeochemical ecosystem processes". The Mount Kilimanjaro research programme will host the meeting.

Sessions for the research meeting will...

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Climate change certificate programme in Nepal

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To address the growing challenges of climate change and disaster risk reduction, 70 district officials in the Chitwan District, Nepal gathered on 14 February to start a four-month certification programme in climate change. The certificate programme has been organized by the Chitwan District Development Committee, Government of Nepal with technical...

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