Climate adaptation lessons from Nepal and Peru

Climate adaptation lessons from Nepal and Peru

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Mountains play a major role in providing water to large numbers of people. These glacier-dominated areas also pose challenges to downstream communities as they adapt to recent and continuing global climate change. Two of the more serious problems in high mountain regions include decreased water supply reliability and increased threats...

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Dushanbe Forum of Mountain Countries - 2015: Water and Mountains

Dushanbe Forum of Mountain Countries - 2015: Water and Mountains

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More than 120 representatives of organizations from across Central Asia and from around the world whose work is dedicated to the concerns of mountain societies and environments, gathered in Dushanbe for the first ever Forum of Mountain Countries taking place in Central Asia, to share perspectives and best practices on...

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Dushanbe Forum releases synthesis report

Dushanbe Forum releases synthesis report

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More than 120 representatives of organizations from across Central Asia and from around the world whose work is dedicated to the concerns of mountain societies and environments, gathered in Dushanbe for the first ever Forum of Mountain Countries taking place in Central Asia, to share perspectives and best practices on sustainable...

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Vote for the Best Climate Practices Award

Vote for the Best Climate Practices Award

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The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the Centre for Environment and Agriculture Policy Research, Extension and Development (CEAPRED) have developed four Climate Smart Villages (CSV) pilots under ICIMOD’s Himalayan Climate Change Adaptation Programme (HICAP) in villages of Kavre District, Nepal.

Taking an integrated approach to...

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MPS video message to Interski Congress 2015

MPS video message to Interski Congress 2015

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“Mountain regions attract about 20 percent of global tourism, but we need to remember that many mountain peoples live in extreme poverty and are affected by natural disasters” said Thomas Hofer, Mountain Partnership Coordinator in a video message to the 2015 Interski Congress which is currently being held in Cerro...

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EXPO celebrates the role of Andean grains

EXPO celebrates the role of Andean grains

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The value chain of Andean cereals and their potential for sustainable development and the fight against hunger was discussed at Expo at an event organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign affairs and moderated by Oxfam Italy on 7 September.

The event was opened by the Minister...

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