Submit your abstracts for mountain conferencenewsMountain researchers and practitioners have until 27 February 2015 to submit abstracts for Perth III: Mountains of Our Future Earth, an international conference that will take place in Perth, Scotland on 4-8 October 2015. The conference will include research presentation sessions, round table discussions, and poster sessions on global change...
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UN day puts mountains in world spotlightnewsMore than 50 events marked International Mountain Day (IMD) around the world on 11 December 2014, when mountain lovers, governments and civil society groups joined forces to raise the flag for mountain peoples and environments. As the lead coordinating UN agency for the preparation of this...
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Climate Change Innovation and Resilience for Sustainable LivelihoodeventThis international conference will focus on innovative approaches from the physical and social sciences to support economic development in mountain and lowland South Asia, which faces serious climate hazards along with food, water, and soil management and environmental justice challenges. The City University of New York, Colorado State University, The...
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Alpine guidelines for adapting to climate changenewsThe 20th Conference of the Parties (COP20) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was a key moment for the environmental future of the planet. Delegations of more than 145 countries gathered from 1 to 12 December 2014 in Lima, Peru, to identify the conditions and a working...
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Mountains of opportunities in new European policynewsEuromontana, a European multi-sectoral association for cooperation and development of mountain areas, has issued the third edition of its newsletter “A New CAP: Mountains of Opportunities,” summarizing the recently concluded European mountain convention held in Bilbao, Spain, from 22 to 24 October 2014.
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greenAlps partners call for action on biodiversitynewsBiodiversity is a foundation for human wellbeing. However, strategies for its protection are not implemented effectively and projects often do not have the desired effect. The partners of the international project greenAlps present a series of recommendations for better implementation of existing policies in Alpine countries. Numerous investigations have shown the...
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