Discovering medicinal and edible plants in the French Alps

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On the occasion of the Mountain Festival, on 27 June 2015, Mountain Wilderness France will organize a hike in the Vercors to discover edible and medicinal plants. The event, accompanied by a mountain leader, will help participants to learn how to identify plants, gather them,...

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ICIMOD Earthquake Brief: 10 June 2015

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The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) continued to support, coordinate and rally the broad regional and international teams in the ongoing post-disaster reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts of the Government of Nepal. The ICIMOD Task Force on Geo-hazards continued to map and assess hazards created by landslides, rock falls, and...

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Interface between science and mountain protected areas: the role of scientific councils

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The International Scientific Committee on Research in the Alps (ISCAR) and partners are organizing a workshop on the role and issues of scientific councils of mountain protected areas. Scientific councils will be seen as interfaces between science and management. Various models of constituting and organizing scientific councils will be presented and...

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Mountain products hold potential for Romania

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How to promote mountain products and the benefits they can bring to mountain communities were among the topics discussed in an international conference in Bucharest in May.

The conference "The quality mountain product - challenge and opportunity for harnessing the potential of mountain areas" was organized by  the Read more »

Linking food security to mountains

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The annual International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain areas (IPROMO) was  launched today by Giorgio Ferraris the Mayor of Ormea, Rosalaura Romeo of the Mountain Partnership Secretariat and Michele Freppaz of the University of Turin.

This year’s IPROMO course - the eighth...

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Mountain Soils Publication launched

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Understanding Mountain Soils, a publication offering technical insight on the sustainable management of mountain soils, was launched yesterday during the Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly in Rome at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The book is a contribution to the Read more »