Kyrgyz Republic mountain forest project pilot sites discussednewsKyrgyz Republic-based Mountain Partnership members met with national consultants working on a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)/Global Environment Facility (GEF) project on sustainable mountain forest management in Bishkek on 5 April 2013. The discussion was organized by the University of Central Asia to review the selection criteria of pilot...
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Online MSc in sustainable mountain developmentnewsPlaces are available for the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) MSc in Sustainable Mountain Development, an online, part-time interdisciplinary degree addressing social, environmental, economic, and professional development issues in mountain areas. The degree has unique international recognition as an activity of the UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Mountain Development, based...
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ICIMOD launches Water and Life photo competitionnewsThe International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is organizing a digital photo contest on the theme of 'Water and Life' to celebrate its 30th anniversary, coinciding with the United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation 2013. The aim of the contest is to increase attention to the importance of water...
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Andean wetland research project launched in BolivianewsThe Bolivian Mountain Institute (BMI) is participating in BIO-THAW, an international project to model biodiversity and land use interactions under changing glacial water availability in the tropical high Andean wetlands of Bolivia. The interdisciplinary project involves a broad community of scientists and stakeholders, from anthropologists, sociologists, glaciologists and ecologists to agent-based...
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Kindergartens and greenhouses in KyrgyzstannewsThe Public Foundation Mountain Societies Development Support Programme (MSDSP KG) is working on two projects in Kyrgyzstan. The first has opened 18 community-based kindergartens in villages of Osh province to support local authorities in providing 1,620 children aged 4-6 with access to pre-school education in 2013. The second project supports...
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ICIMOD and SKODA team up for Nepal air qualitynewsThe International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the ŠKODA Division of MAW Enterprises Private Limited have entered into a partnership to improve air quality in Nepal and raise awareness of the source of black carbon and its negative health and environmental impacts. As part of the one-year partnership,...
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