Grants for conservation projects in mountains

Grants for conservation projects in mountains

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The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) invites applications from organizations for grants up to 30 000 euros to support conservation projects that protect threatened species or habitat in any country except those in North America.

Conservation projects should aim to protect, enhance or restore a threatened species, habitat or...

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A call for integrated upland management

A call for integrated upland management

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Water, in light of changing climate, growing populations and increasing pressures from conflicting users, has become a popular topic. The release in April 2015 of two major reports, ‘Towards a water and food secure future’ by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the World...

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Rob Blair leaves a legacy of mountain programmes

Rob Blair leaves a legacy of mountain programmes

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Rob Blair, founding member of Mountain Studies Institute and Mountain Partnership alternate focal point, passed away on 27 February 2015 at the age of 71. His colleagues remember him as a visionary whose long career in teaching and research on mountains inspired many in the San Juan Mountains.Read more »

Workshop to focus on mountain protected areas

Workshop to focus on mountain protected areas

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The International Scientific Committee on Research in the Alps (ISCAR) and partners are organizing a two-day international workshop on 25 June 2015 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...

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Tree planting in mountain villages in India

Tree planting in mountain villages in India

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Go Green Go Organic will commence the third phase of its Go Green Go Organic campaign at Probrang Village near Pengong Lake in India’s mountainous Ladakh region on 28 April 2015.

Residents from 20 villages will participate in the campaign. Activities will be underway on 1 May...

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Mountains – The Water Towers Facing Climate Change

Mountains – The Water Towers Facing Climate Change

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The Mountain Partnership (MP) is organizing a one-hour side event about mountains at the upcoming 7th World Water Forum in Daegu & Gyeongbuk, Korea.

The side event, held alongside the world largest forum on global water issues, will provide an opportunity to share and discuss experiences of...

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