Take advantage of land use change for improving connectivity

Take advantage of land use change for improving connectivity

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This workshop, organized by the Continuum Initiative and the Platform Ecological Networks of the Alpine Convention, will focus on topics raised in the publication, "The 50 most important questions related to the maintenance and creation of ecological networks in the Alps" (2013). The workshop will discuss the development of new...

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Helping bats enrich the soils in the Togo mountains

Helping bats enrich the soils in the Togo mountains

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Les Compagnons Ruraux, a Togolese non-governmental organization (NGO) that promotes the conservation of mountain ecosystems and their biodiversity, is looking for partners and donors to set up field activities in the Tsamé Mountain Chain.

The Tsamé Mountains, located in the southwestern part of the West African country,...

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Dénia, Spain, and Ccorca, Peru, pair up for International Mountain Day

Dénia, Spain, and Ccorca, Peru, pair up for International Mountain Day

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As a result of the interaction between the Municipality of Dénia (Spain) and Consortium for Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion (CONDESAN) at the Fourth Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership in Erzurum, Turkey, the two Mountain Partnership members are organizing a twin celebration of International Mountain Day with an...

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 Climate Change Impacts on Mountain Regions of the World

Climate Change Impacts on Mountain Regions of the World

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An exhibition developed by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) International Hydrological Programme and Man and Biosphere Programme with the support of Belgian Government has opened at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France. The exhibition features satellite images of different mountain regions of the world while highlighting...

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The Sacred Art of Weaving in Crete

The Sacred Art of Weaving in Crete

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The Benaki Museum will feature an interactive exhibition by the Penelope Gandhi Mission in which students from schools all over Greece will experience and learn the traditional Cretan techniques and philosophy of mountain culture, such as weaving, dyeing and spinning from Cretan weavers. The mission is an innovative, volunteer, non-government...

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Rural Andean communities share family farming approaches

Rural Andean communities share family farming approaches

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The international conference, “Knowledge and Practices of Rural Communities,” closed with a 15-point declaration appealing to policy makers of the Andean region to support family farming on 1-3 October 2013 in Lima, Peru.

The event drew more than 150 participants, including small farmers, researchers and development leaders from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile,...

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