New Mountain Research and Development issue now onlinenewsPapers in Volume 34, Issue 1, which is now available online and open access, address issues from governance to human-nature interaction and assessments of biophysical dynamics in mountains. They explore how international environmental initiatives focusing on mountains have helped shape region-building in southeast Europe; how ecotourism unintentionally brings non-native plants...
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Call for abstracts on mountain family farmingnewsSmall-scale agriculture and food security in mountains are among the topics on the World Mountain Forum agenda. Please send your abstracts for the international conference that will take place in Cusco, Peru, on 23-24 May 2014. The contributions should focus on small agriculture (family farms, including pastoralism) and address food security...
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The International Conference on Organic & Ecological Agriculture in Mountain EcosystemseventThe Millennium Institute is working with the government of Bhutan, Navdanya and the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements to hold an international conference on organic and ecological agriculture in mountain ecosystems. Thought leaders, researchers, scientists and farmers will gather to discuss the latest scientific findings, technological progress and models...
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Kyrgyzstan focuses on climate changenewsIn Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 47 climate change practitioners, scientists and researchers met with government and non-governmental organization representatives on February 25, 2014, to discuss institutional and political frameworks for coping and adapting to changing climate in the mountainous Central Asian country. The event took the form of a panel discussion and...
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Tajikistan mountain villages supported in coping with climate changenewsResidents of Midenshor Village in the remote western Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan will soon have access to drinking water thanks to the Alliance of Central Asian Mountain Communities (AGOCA), a Mountain Partnership member. AGOCA, supported by the Mountain Partnership Hub at the University of Central Asia, is working...
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The Mountain Partnership advocates for mountains in new global agendapeak to peakIssue 66 - Month 2 - Year 2014 Our new issue of Peak to Peak opens with news about two Mountain Partnership gatherings at UN headquarters where determination was consolidated to see mountains included in the Post-2015 development agenda and the sustainable development goals. We... Download » |
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