Fundación Agreste joins forces with Kimberly-Clark for water projectnewsFundación Agreste is working with Kimberly-Clark Argentina to revitalize the town of Paso Grande in Argentina’s Conlara Valley by providing access to safe drinking water and improving livelihoods. In addition to installing water pumps, a reservoir and an irrigation system, the project forsees the building of greenhouses and gardens for herbs,...
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ICIMOD enters partnership for medicinal plantsnewsThe International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has entered into a five-year partnership with a leading Indian consumer goods company to promote herbal medicinal and aromatic plants from the Hindu Kush Himalayan region. The project will involve establishing a herbal garden at the ICIMOD Knowledge Park at Godavari, Nepal,...
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Agency of Development Initiatives launches mountain nutrition materialsnewsThe Agency of Development Initiatives (ADI) is launching educational materials on nutrition and food processing for women in vulnerable households in the Kyrgyz Republic, with support from the University of Central Asia. Entitled ‘My green basket’, the first issue will be out in July, and will include useful information on...
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The Hamburg Conference: Actions for Climate Induced MigrationeventThe Hamburg Conference: Actions for Climate Induced Migration takes place in Hamburg, Germany, 16-18 July, and aims to bring together top scientists, experts, practitioners and decision-makers to share evidence-based knowledge and experiences on climate-Induced migration. The conference's four theematic streams are Climate-Induced Migration and Urbanization, Climate-Induced Migration and Rural Livelihoods, Climate-Induced...
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Understanding upland watershed management - International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas (IPROMO)eventThe sixth IPROMO training programme on sustainable mountain development jointly organized by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat and the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Turin will take place 12-22 July in Ormea Italy.
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Eastern Highlands Initiative launched in southern AfricanewsPossibly the largest multi-disciplinary montane research effort to date in southern Africa has been launched. The Eastern Highlands Initiative (EHI) came into being earlier this year through a series of meetings with key research institutions and individuals in Zimbabwe in April 2013. The aim of the EHI is focused research on the...
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