World Food Day 2011: Global Hunger Index and the hunger situation in mountainous countriesnewsThe 2011 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report was recently released. This report, prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) presents a multidimensional of global, regional and national hunger, calls for action to build resilience and mitigate the effects of volatility, particularly in countries where hunger is most severe....
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Food Prices - From Crisis to Stability - World Food Day 2011newsTaming food prices. Millions of people around the world live in chronic hunger. When food prices fluctuate wildly as they have in recent years, it's the poor who are hit the hardest. World Food Day 2011 calls on the global community to do what's needed to stabilize food prices.
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Lucerne World Mountain Conference: Closing and Call for ActionnewsThe Lucerne World Mountain Conference closes with a "Call for Action" to bring a conjunct strong message to Rio+20 in June 2012. Twenty years after the Rio 1992 meeting, over 100 participants joined to meet in Lucerne, Switzerland to make a compelling case for mountains in international development discussions. A...
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Bhutan's Royal WeddingnewsThe tiny Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan has been experiencing royal wedding fever. On 13 October 2011, King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck was married to his commoner bride, Jetsun Pema. The lavish ceremony took place in front of a giant Buddha statue and began with a procession of red-robed monks, the...
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Lucerne World Mountain Conference: Closing and Call for ActionnewsThe Lucerne World Mountain Conference closes with a "Call for Action" to bring a conjunct strong message to Rio+20 in June 2012. Twenty years after the Rio 1992 meeting, over 100 participants joined to meet in Lucerne, Switzerland to make a compelling case for mountains in international development discussions. A...
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Lucerne World Mountain Conference, SwitzerlandmultimediaTwenty years on from the first “Earth Summit” (Rio 1992) and in preparation to the Rio+20 Summit (June 2012), a World Mountain Conference was convened within the framework of the Mountain Partnership from 11 to 12 October 2011 in Lucerne, Switzerland. The main organizers of the event were the Swiss...
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