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Mountain and snow tourism summit looks to sustainable future

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The 11th World Congress on Snow and Mountain Tourism concluded on 24 March 2022 with a shared commitment to centre innovation and promote investment in green infrastructure and low-impact travel experiences.

Held as part of the United Nations International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development 2022, the Congress focused on the...

Southern African Mountain Conference a collective voice for sustainable development

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The Southern African Mountain Conference (SAMC2022) – a collective voice for the sustainable management of Southern African mountains – brought together a network of more than 200 delegates from across the globe to discuss a wide array of interventions to ensure the conservation of the ecosystem under global change on...

11th World Congress of Snow and Mountain Tourism

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The impact of COVID-19 has been undeniable and visible in all areas of society, but tourism is one of the sectors that has suffered the most. We now have to face the challenge of adapting the tourism offer to this new scenario that the pandemic has left us. The tourism...

Side event highlights how sustainable tourism empowers women in fragile ecosystems

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“Sustainable tourism in fragile mountain and island ecosystems can strengthen traditional food systems, build communities’ resilience, empower women and youth, and raise visitors’ awareness of local biodiversity,” said Rosalaura Romeo, Mountain Partnership Secretariat, during a side event at the 66th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women...

United Nations declare 2026 the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists

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On 15 March 2022, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York unanimously declared 2026 the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP). This final approval is the culmination of an IYRP movement that grew over several years to become a global coalition of over 300 pastoralist and supporting...

Southern African Mountain Conference 2022

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The African Mountain Research Foundation, in association with the Afromontane Research Unit of the University of the Free State and the Global Mountain Safeguard Programme, is organizing the first ever Southern African Mountain Conference (SAMC2022), to be held in Maloti-Drakensberg in South Africa on 14–17 March 2022....