Africa Mountain Partnership Champions Committee goes online

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Issue 60 - Month 8 - Year 2013

Our new issue of Peak to Peak reports on the launch of an online forum for the Africa Mountain Partnership Champions Committee. We also look at new Mountain Partnership members and activities, see what members...

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United Nations General Assembly Report: Sustainable mountain development (2013)

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Report of the Secretary-General on Sustainable Mountain Development

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Alfred the Yeti explains mountain climate change

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The Ev-K2-CNR Committee has recruited a yeti to help explain climate change in mountains to a wide audience.

So far six video episodes have been released on YouTube showing Alfred the Yeti coming to terms with climate change, and a further two episodes will be released before October.

In each episode...

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Mountain Research Initiative Key Contact Workshop

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The Mountain Research Initiative is holding a Key Contact Workshop in Minneapolis, USA, on 3 August 2013.

This workshop brings together researchers from around the world working on change in mountain regions to present overviews of their work, comment on the work of their peers and discover opportunities for new interdisciplinary...

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Alpine Convention welcomes new secretary general

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The Alpine Convention has welcomed a new secretary general, Markus Reiterer, who took up his new role at the start of July.

The 45-year-old lawyer and diplomat is the first Austrian secretary general in the 21-year history of the Convention.

"I am pleased to begin my work in this function and take...

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Dean’s Beans receives second major award this year

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Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Company has received a major international award for its innovative development work in mountain coffee communities throughout Asia, Africa and the Americas.

Founder and CEO Dean Cycon picked up an Oslo Business for Peace Award 2013 in June, presented to winners for creating a better understanding...

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