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Nature in the Alps: Accessibility and Integration for All

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The final conference of the Alpi Latine Cooperazione Transfrontaliera (ALCOTRA) project called “Integration and Wellbeing in the Alps” will take place in Aosta, Italy. Project leaders include the Department of Health and the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources of the Valle d’Aosta Region on the Italian side while the...

Facing climate change in Peruvian mountains

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Climate change, especially visible in mountain ecosystems, is causing glaciers to disappear at an alarming rate, threatening millions of lives dependent on freshwater resources originating from the mountains in Peru.

A bilingual publication titled Peru: Mountain Country / Facing the Challenges of Climate Change, written in English and Spanish, provides testimonies...

Aligning mountain development with Malgasy policy

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As part of its commitment to the Mountain Partnership (MP), Madagascar has developed a reference document that aims to align the sustainable development of mountain areas with the environmental guidelines of the General National Policy.

This paper builds on the international and national concept of sustainable development in mountain...

Kyrgyz ancient traditions shared with world

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The Aigine Cultural Research Center together with the Manas epic chanters, Kubanychbek Almabekov and Samat Kochorbaev, represented Kyrgyz culture at the Fifth International Conference of Elders of the World’s Ancient Cultures and Traditions at the Ganapathi Sachchidananda Ashrama in Mysuru, India, on 31 January – 5 February 2015. The Epic...

The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation Options in the Forest Sector

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Recently, attention has shifted towards the role of forests and its products in climate change mitigation which paved the way for various initiatives. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) is organizing an online conference, called “The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation Options in the Forest Sector” to...

Ecotourism workshop in the Tien Shan mountains

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On 22-23 January 2015, a workshop on "Establishment of a guest house" was held in Kurmety Village, Kazakhstan (in the Raimbek district of the Almaty region, the buffer zone of "Kolsai Kolderi" National Park, situated in the Northern Tien Shan mountains). The workshop was organized in the framework of the...