Volunteering for the MP Secretariat

Volunteering for the MP Secretariat

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The Mountain Partnership Secretariat is especially grateful for the support of its volunteers and interns, including Diletta de Leonardis, whose internship ended in April 2015. Prior to joining the MPS team, she – an Italian who grew up in Rome speaking English, French and Italian – had previous...

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VisMont Conference: “Agriculture, Environment and Territory: An Innovative Vision for Mountain Agriculture”

VisMont Conference: “Agriculture, Environment and Territory: An Innovative Vision for Mountain Agriculture”

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Sponsored by the Universitá della Montagna, the VisMont Conference is organized by the Council for Research in Agriculture (CRA) in conjunction with Club Alpino Italiano (CAI) and Parco Orobie Bergamo.  The conference, aimed at a wide audience of local operators, governments, entrepreneurs and all stakeholders, will provide a forum to...

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Global online certificate in disaster management

Global online certificate in disaster management

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Globally, disasters are on the increase, impacting communities and nations with grave social and economic consequences and threatening the survival, dignity and livelihoods of the vulnerable sections of their populations. Shifting socio-economic situations, unplanned urbanization, environmental degradation, climate variability and change, geological hazards, competition for scarce natural resources and the...

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Call for mountain product case studies

Call for mountain product case studies

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Your case studies are invited for the posters and factsheets currently being created by the FAO and the Mountain Partnership Secretariat for International Mountain Day, which will take place on 11 December. The theme for International Mountain Day 2015 is “Promoting mountain products”, providing an occasion to highlight how mountain...

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The Fourth Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya

The Fourth Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya

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The Social Science Baha, the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, the Britain-Nepal Academic Council & Centre for Himalayan Studies-CNRS are organizing the Fourth Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya. .

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Presentations will focus on various aspects of life in Nepal and the Himalaya from a social...

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International Youth Expedition “Mt Damavand 5671m”

International Youth Expedition “Mt Damavand 5671m”

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The Youth Commission of the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) and the I.R. Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation are organizing their first international youth ascent on Mt Damavand in northern Iran.

Mt Damavand (5 671 m) is the highest peak in all of the Middle...

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