City of Aspen (US) moved into warmer climate zonenewsNew national climate designations released this month by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirm that winter is getting warmer around the city of Aspen. The mountain city of Aspen, member of the Mountain Partnership since 2010 is, for the first time, in the same climate zone of warmer and...
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UNEP to implement EUR 2.3 million project rehabilitating the water towers of KenyanewsA new three-year intervention to rehabilitate the Northern Mau Forest at the cost of EUR 2.3 million is set to deliver multiple benefits for Kenya and the region. The Mau Forest isn’t just the largest mountain forest in Kenya. It is the largest in all of Eastern Africa. In Kenya,...
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UNEP to implement EUR 2.3 million project rehabilitating the water towers of Kenyapeak to peakIssue 49 - Month 02 - Year 2012
A new three-year intervention to rehabilitate the Northern Mau Forest at the cost of EUR 2.3 million is set to deliver multiple benefits for Kenya and the region The Mau Forest isn’t just the largest mountain forest in Kenya. It... Download » |
Turkey’s First Wildlife Corridor Links Bear, Wolf and Lynx Populations to the Caucasus ForestsnewsTurkey’s first wildlife corridor is the biggest active landscape conservation project ever undertaken in Turkey and the reforestation of the corridor will take close to a decade. The area of the corridor is bigger than the protected area it is connecting, a rarity in corridor projects. If the wildlife corridor...
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Why mountains matter in a post Rio+20 world: Mountain Partnership Spring meetings (27-29 February 2012)multimediaKey Mountain Partnership members directly involved in Rio+20 met in Rome from 27-29 February 2012 to identify mountain assets for a sustainable future. When it comes to green growth and sustainable development, two themes at the heart of the Rio+20 discussions, participants agreed that mountains provide a portfolio of opportunities:...
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Climate change may push Andean species skywardnewsA new study led by researchers at Duke University has identified and mapped hundreds of endemic plant and animal species across 17,000 miles of east-facing Andean uplift, a section ranging through Bolivia and Peru. It found that only 20 percent of areas with the highest levels of biodiversity are protected...
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