![]() Courmayeur’s MeetingseventThe Courmayeur Mont Blanc Foundation (Fondazione Courmayeur Mont Blanc) organizes, like every year the Courmayeur’s Meetings. Six events that will take place in the city’s Jardin de l’Ange, in Via Roma at 18.00. - An encounter with professor Mario Deaglio, La Stampa opinionist and professor of International Economics at... Read more » |
![]() Japan to celebrate mountains every 11 AugustnewsStarting next year today will be a holiday in Japan when, on 11 August 2016, the nation will honour its extensive mountain regions. Influenced by Shintoism, Japanese culture tends to emphasize people’s connection with nature, recognizing the role it plays in our lives. With 70 percent of the archipelago covered... Read more » |
![]() International Day of the World’s Indigenous PeopleseventThe International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples falls on 9 August annually as this was the date of the first meeting in 1982 of the United Nations Working Group of Indigenous Populations. Each year the event aims to promote and protect the rights of the world's indigenous populations. |
![]() Pastoralists plan knowledge hub in MongolianewsThe Central Asian Meeting of Pastoralists was held in Hustai National Park in Mongolia to set up the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub on 26-29 July 2015. Around 40 representatives of pastoralist communities and pastoralist leaders from eight Central Asian countries - the Altai Republic of the Russian Federation, China, India, Kazakhstan,... Read more » |
![]() Georgian law approves mountain developmentnewsTargeted poverty-reducing benefits for people living in the highlands of Georgia, as well as incentives for businesses and budget support to economic and social development are envisioned in a newly adopted Law on the Development of Mountainous Regions, which came into force on 31 July 2015. Read more » |
![]() Mobilization for climate in EuropenewsIn the scope of the international summit on climate change in Paris, France, in December 2015 (referred to as COP21), a group of mountaineers launched 'Summit(s) for climate', a set of actions structured around a crossing of the Écrins Range, in France, with the aim to draw inspiration to face... Read more » |
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