KIRDARC offers emergency support in Nepal

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The 25-member Emergency Response Team of Karnali Integrated Rural Development and Research Centre (KIRDARC) is engaged in emergency relief support including in Nepal, following the 25 April 2015 earthquake, in the areas of: coordination, fundraising, logistics and finance, field support and Youth Alliance for Disaster and Climate Resilience...

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Conference in Myanmar on Ecotourism in Protected Areas

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The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), in partnership with its government partners in Myanmar – the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism and the Ministry for Environmental Conservation and Forestry – will hold an international event focused on ecotourism.

The objectives of the conference are as follows:

• share and build...

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Promoting SMD in 2014

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The Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) reflects on its key achievements in promoting sustainable mountain development (SMD) last year in its 2014 annual report. Using mountain climbing as an analogy to facing SMD challenges, the annual report, called “A Year-long Ascent”, outlines the Secretariat’s work in the areas of advocacy, communication...

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A Multiannual Vision for the Alps

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The German Presidency and the Alpine Convention  are organizing a workshop to bring together various stakeholders from across the Alpine region. The purpose is to collect ideas on how the Alps can become a model region for sustainable development and also discuss the vision for the future of...

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ICIMOD Earthquake Brief: 15 May 2015

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The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Task Force on Geo-hazards continued to map and assess hazards created by landslides, rock falls and avalanches in the aftermath of the two earthquakes in Nepal on 25 April and 12 May 2015. The Task Force coordinated with the broad...

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New Mountain Partnership Ambassador appointed

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At a ceremony at the Stimson Center in Washington DC, USA, on 6 May, Eduardo Rojas-Briales, FAO Assistant Director-General for Forestry, announced the appointment of His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang as Mountain Partnership Ambassador.

Based in Ladakh, India, His Holiness the Drikung Chetsang is known for his...

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