Making mountain cities resilient

Making mountain cities resilient

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Alberto Pascual, Director of the non-governmental organization Fundación CoMunidad, member of the Mountain Partnership since 2012, is one of the advocates of the global campaign “Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready” in the framework of the global meeting of the Focal Points and Advocates of the...

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For sustainable mountain development in Africa

For sustainable mountain development in Africa

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The Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS)  and the East African Community (EAC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to join their efforts in enhancing environment and sustainable natural resource management in the Albertine Rift region and other transboundary ecosystems of East Africa. The parties agreed on the...

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Hindu Kush Himalayas media fellowship

Hindu Kush Himalayas media fellowship

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The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is inviting interested Pakistani journalists to apply for a small grant toward a media fellowship opportunity, the ICIMOD Media Fellowship 2015 – Pakistan. Considering the crucial role journalists play in their readers’ lives, this seminal Fellowship Programme aims to strengthen...

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Mountain Ecosystems: Towards a Multidisciplinary and Sustainable Land Management

Mountain Ecosystems: Towards a Multidisciplinary and Sustainable Land Management

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The Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), or the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center will be hosting this event, which is primarily aimed at professionals in the public sector and in forestry, as well as environmental and non-governmental organizations who work on sustainable mountain development in...

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Building mountain research capacity

Building mountain research capacity

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From 6 to 10 July 2015, 15 researchers from Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan came together in the picturesque Chong Kemin Valley of Kyrgyzstan for a workshop on scientific writing and publishing. The workshop is the second in a series of capacity building initiatives organized by the University of...

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International Mountain Day preparations begin

International Mountain Day preparations begin

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International Mountain Day (IMD) is held every year on 11 December and is an occasion to celebrate the importance of mountains for highlands and lowlands worldwide. This year the IMD 2015 theme is “Promoting mountain products”.

Mountain agriculture cannot compete with the prices and volumes of lowland production,however there...

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