Study reveals hunger in mountainous areasnewsAt least one billion people, or 14 percent of the world’s population, live in mountain areas of the world and most of these peoples face the risk of food insecurity and malnutrition, says a new study presented at a side event during the 22nd Session of the...
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COFO side event on Mapping Mountains VulnerabilityeventThe Mountain Partnership Secretariat is organizing a side event during the 22nd Session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO) on Mapping Mountain Vulnerability. The event will present the preliminary findings of the update of a 2002 FAO working paper, “Towards a GIS-based analysis of mountain environments and populations,” compiled for...
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MP Members write to Governmentspeak to peakIssue 70 - Month 6 - Year 2014 Our new issue of Peak to Peak opens with news about the actions Mountain Partnership members have taken with their Governments requesting that mountains receive the attention they deserve in the sustainable development goals process. We also look at...
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Mountain Research and Development issue onlinenewsPapers in this open issue of MRD discuss impacts of cultural and economic changes on mountains, as well as mountains’ role as resource providers. Research topics include migration trends among ethnic Tibetans in Nepal leading to depopulation of their native mountain valleys; agriculture and development potentials in understudied mountains of...
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Biodiversity celebrations in Indian HimalayasnewsCentre for Environment Education (CEE Himalaya) celebrated International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD) with school children, teachers, local NGOs and community members on 22 May 2014 at several places across the Indian Himalayan Region. In Jammu Kashmir, Western Himalaya, students and teachers planted saplings under the ‘Green Wave’ programme coordinated by...
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World Day to Combat DesertificationeventThe World Day to Combat Desertification is observed annually on 17 June to promote public awareness relating to international cooperation to combat desertification and the effects of drought. This year, the theme. “Ecosystem-based adaptation,” and the slogan, “Land Belongs to the Future, Let’s Climate Proof It,” have been chosen to...
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