Peru holds brainstorming session with 20 countries to include mountains in Post-2015 development agenda

Peru holds brainstorming session with 20 countries to include mountains in Post-2015 development agenda

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Diplomats from twenty countries convened at the Permanent Mission of Peru to the United Nations in New York, USA, on 6 February 2014 to discuss how to integrate mountains in the Post-2015 development agenda. Almost all of the countries in attendance belong to the Mountain Partnership and also serve on...

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 United Nations General Assembly Resolution: Sustainable Mountain Development (2014)

United Nations General Assembly Resolution: Sustainable Mountain Development (2014)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on Sustainable mountain development at 68th Session.
A/RES/68/217

 

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Mountains and forests make headlines at the United Nations

Mountains and forests make headlines at the United Nations

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Emphatic calls were made for mountains and forests to be prominently featured in the Post-2015 development agenda during a 5 February 2014 event at UN headquarters in New York as the 8th session of the UN’s Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) wrapped up its ‘stocktaking’ phase....

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Forests and Mountains in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Forests and Mountains in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

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Governments, major groups and civil society will meet at an event on Forests and Mountains in the Post-2015 Development Agenda on the sidelines of the 8th session of the UN General Assembly Open Working Group, to discuss how to ensure forests and mountains continue to receive attention in UN processes,...

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Report of the Fourth Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership (Erzurum Report)

Report of the Fourth Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership (Erzurum Report)

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The Fourth Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership was held in Erzurum, Turkey on 17-20 September 2013, and attended by 110 participants, representing 95 MP members, including 35 governments and a further 35 participants from the host country, Turkey. The meeting comprised an opening session, a general assembly of the...

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Enhancing the protection of mountainous areas from wildfires in Eastern Europe

Enhancing the protection of mountainous areas from wildfires in Eastern Europe

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A series of workshops and conferences is being held to improve wildfire suppression in protected areas in Armenia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine, as the threat posed by fires in the Black Sea region is on the rise. Climate change is the main cause of the increase - due...

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