Safeguarding Mountain Ecosystems: A Global Challenge

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Safeguarding Mountain Ecosystems: A Global Challenge provides an overview of the relevant research in mountain regions worldwide, identifying existing challenges and providing an understanding of the diversity of mountain ecosystems in different regions. Mountain ecosystems are increasingly vulnerable to modified climate conditions and other global changes (demographic, migration, urbanization). In...

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Restoring mountain ecosystems: celebrations to mark International Mountain Day

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The December 2023 issue of Peak to Peak highlights the upcoming events to celebrate International Mountain Day. Top news stories cover innovation in mountains and communities coming together for change. This month's newsletter also features the work of two members of the Mountain Partnership, the International Network for Bamboo and...

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International Year of Camelids 2024 Opening Ceremony

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The International Year of Camelids 2024 Opening Ceremony will be held in the Sheikh Zayed Centre at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Headquarters on 4 December 2023 from 12.30–14.00 CET. The event will be livestreamed online here.

The United Nations declared 2024 the International Year of Camelids (IYC...

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UNFCCC COP 28 - Earth Information Day 2023

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Earth Information Day 2023 will provide a dialogue for exchanging information on the state of the global climate system and developments in systematic observation (FCCC/SBSTA/2019/2 para. 58). It will comprise a plenary session with an opening segment and three panel sections, as well as a World Café (WC) session.

The choice of...

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COP28: Resilient and healthy mountain systems are key to climate change adaptation and mitigation

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A wide range of stakeholders need to make a concerted effort to address the root causes of the degradation of mountain areas, a situation which is also occurring within the context of the climate crisis, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) QU Dongyu said today at a...

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UNFCCC COP 28 / Meeting Room 12 - Call of the mountains: Who saves us from the climate crisis?

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Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal of the Government of Nepal will host a high-level side event "Call of the mountain: Who saves us from the climate crisis?" on 2 December 2023 at 9.00-10.30 GST in Meeting Room 12. The event will call on all parties and mountain stakeholders to come together...

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