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9th World Congress on Snow and Mountain Tourism

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The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and the Government of Andorra, in collaboration with the parish of Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra, will organize the 9th World Congress on Snow and Mountain Tourism “Sport and adventure, a promising combination”.

Since the first edition in 1998, the main objective of the...

Mountain Futures Conference: Nurturing Seeds for Change in the Anthropocene

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Mountain Futures, an innovative conference on mountains in the Anthropocene, organized by the Kunming Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the World Agroforesty Centre in collaboration with IDRC, ICRAF-ECA, Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and Centre for Development and...

World Mountain Forum registration now open

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The Government of Uganda, through its Ministry of Water and Environment (MoWE) jointly with Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) and in collaboration with partners in a global programme “Sustainable Mountain Development for Global Change (SMD4GC)” financially and technically supported by the Swiss Agency for...

International Mountain Day to feature culture

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Issue 90 – Month 3 – Year 2016

The March issue of Peak to Peak opens with a story about the theme that was chosen for this year’s celebration of International Mountain Day, “Mountain Cultures: celebrating diversity and strengthening identity”. The newsletter also reports how to register...

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International Mountain Day to feature culture

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“Mountain Cultures: celebrating diversity and strengthening identity” is the theme chosen for this year’s celebration of International Mountain Day on 11 December 2016.

The concept of traditional heritage, culture and spirituality is intrinsically linked with peoples’ livelihoods in the mountains, where it is often traditional lifestyles that determine...

FAO meeting discusses hunger in the mountains

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The findings of the report, “Mapping the vulnerability of mountain peoples to food insecurity”, were presented during an event at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters on 24 February 2016. Moderated by René Castro Salazar, FAO Forestry Assistant Director-General, the meeting was an...