Afromont Mountain Science Research SymposiumeventAfroMont, in partnership with the Climate Science Center (CSC) of Addis Ababa University, will host a Mountain Science Research Symposium in June 2015 to showcase African mountain research and research organizations. The Symposium will also provide an important opportunity for networking and facilitating collaboration between researchers whose work is to...
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Understanding mountain soilspublicationIn every mountain region, soils constitute the foundation for agriculture, supporting essential ecosystem functions and food security. Mountain soils benefit not only the 900 million people living in the world’s mountainous areas but also billions more living downstream. Download » |
KIRDARC Nepal emergency response supportnewsAfter providing relief support materials in the Kavre, and Sindhupalchok districts, the Karnali Integrated Rural Development and Research Center, Nepal (KIRDARC) is now heavily engaged in post-quake recovery process. KIRDARC provided relief support materials to more than 5 000 households in Kavre and Sindhupalchok including food, focusing on...
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Advocating for mountains in development goalsnewsAs the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) enter the final stages of debate before being adopted in September 2015, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat and members are engaging in a social media campaign advocating that mountains be included in the final version of the document. The current document has three mountain-related targets:
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MP members meet in post-earthquake KathmandunewsOn 12 June 2015, Mountain Partnership Secretariat Coordinator Thomas Hofer met with Nepali members and members who have offices in Nepal to discuss a coordinated response to the devastating 25 April earthquake. Gathered at the Nepal Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the meeting...
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World Day to Combat Desertification and DroughteventThis global awareness event is organized by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), who expressed that 17 June is a “unique occasion to remind everybody that desertification can be effectively tackled, that solutions are possible, and that key tools to this aim lay in strengthened community...
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