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Mountain Research and Development online

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This Open Issue offers transformation, systems, and target knowledge in its 3 peer-reviewed sections. In the first paper, a participatory process through which the national objectives of food security and environmental conservation can be achieved in North Korea is validated. Next, modeling-based papers analyze the relationship between permafrost and land...

New atlas maps climate change in Himalayas

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The “Himalayan Climate and Water Atlas: Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources in Five of Asia’s Major River Basins” was released on 11 December 2015 by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) , GRID-Arendal and the Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research-Oslo (CICERO).

The first of its kind,...

Mountain museums form new alliance

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The directors of six mountain museums met at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy, on 11 December for the signing ceremony of the Mountain Museums Alliance (MMA). This free association among alpine and mountain museums aims to define a network of...

alpMonitor: tracking changes

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Sustainable development is not simply limited to nature protection. As a guiding idea that touches virtually all areas of life, sustainability should be discussed at every lunch, every workshop, schoolroom or parliament. Through the project alpMonitor, International Commission for the Protection of the Alps (CIPRA), together with the...

Mountain High! Festival of Peoples and Products

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Over 20 producers from all over the world will showcase textiles, crafts, mountain beverages and foods such as tea, coffee and quinoa at an exhibition organized by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat and Mountain Partnership member Pan Himalayan Grassroots Development Foundation.

The exhibition will also be a chance to celebrate...

Promoting mountain products

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Over 30 mountain producers from over ten mountain regions of the world gathered in New Delhi, India for the exhibition “Mountain High! Festival of Peoples and Products”. The 11-day exhibition was held at the Nature Bazaar space, a venue managed by the NGO Dastkar which traditionally promotes traditional crafts, organic...