DGF meeting, 15 December 2011, New York

DGF meeting, 15 December 2011, New York

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The meeting was organized by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) in New York, in the framework of the Development Grant Facility (DGF) agreement.  

The objective was to plan activities for DGF Phase 2. The group comprised the DGF partners: UNEP, ICIMOD, World Bank and MPS.

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SHARE GeoNetwork – data and information on high altitude

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SHARE GeoNetwork, a catalogue including metadata, spatial data and geographic information on high altitude environments, is online. SHARE GeoNetwork has been developed by Ev-K2-CNR with the support of Italian and international research institutions, in the context of the programme Stations at High Altitude for Research on the Environment (SHARE). As...

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Centre for Environment Education (CEE) Himalaya - India

Centre for Environment Education (CEE) Himalaya - India

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IMD 2011 was observed by CEE Himalaya as part of their Paryavaran Mitra program in two districts of Kashmir valley. Two schools - Baby’s Land Public School, Wakura in Ganderbal District and Govt. Girls’ Middle School Botingoo Sopore in Baramulla District hosted IMD celebrations on 10th December, 2011 (11th December...

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Workshop on Best Practices for Partnerships Considers Options for Rio+20

Workshop on Best Practices for Partnerships Considers Options for Rio+20

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A “Workshop on Partnerships Best Practices and their contributions to Rio+20” will be held on 14 December 2011 at UN Headquarters in New York, US. It was convened as an initial discussion regarding the format that could be used for the “partnerships forum” that UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution A/C.2/66/L.59 indicates should...

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MFG and UN Workshop on Partnerships, New York, 14 December 2011

MFG and UN Workshop on Partnerships, New York, 14 December 2011

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From 14 to 16 December 2011, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat participated in meetings in New York looking to forge a common understanding on including mountain development in the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) preparatory process and the Conference itself. The first meeting was the Mountain Focus Group....

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New information on mountain ecosystems highlights need for investment, adaptation and resilience

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As the world celebrated UN International Mountain Day on 11 December, new information released by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), a global mechanism of 14 international organizations, institutions and secretariats, called for greater investment in fragile mountain ecosystems and attention to adaptation issues

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