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MP's dialogue highlights sustainable food systems in mountains

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The June 2021 issue of Peak to Peak highlights the outcomes of the Mountain Partnership's Independent Dialogue on mountains an sustainable food systems, organized to inform the first-ever UN Food Systems Summit. Members' Voices features a Mountain Partnership Products producer story on Mermelada de Arándano from Peru. Top news stories cover a...

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A wild Andean blueberry boosts livelihoods in Peru

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The Callejón de Conchucos is a set of valleys located above 3 000 metres running along the eastern slope of the Cordillera Blanca in Ancash, Peru. Remote villages and archaeological sites abound here between breathtaking mountainous views.

It is here, high in the Andes, that a wild variety of blueberry, Vaccinium...

Celebrating bees’ role in mountains

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The importance of bees for maintaining the provision of ecosystem services, ensuring humankind’s well-being and promoting sustainable development – especially in mountains – was highlighted in a World Bee Day celebration organized by the Central Himalayan Institute for Nature and Applied Research (CHINAR) and VToujours on 20 May.

In recent years,...

Standing up and scaling up for biodiversity - International Day for Biological Diversity

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In celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May 2021, the Central Himalayan Institute for Nature and Applied Research (CHINAR) in partnership with VToujours will host a webinar to enhance understanding of biodiversity and ecosystems. Experts will share their experiences of nature-based solutions for the restoration of...

Call for mountain synthesis workshop proposals, deadline 31 May

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As part of its mission, the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) provides funding contributions for synthesis workshops that bring together global change researchers to address specific topics of interest to the mountain research, policy and practitioner communities. The deadline for proposals for this year’s call is 31 May 2021.

The MRI synthesis...

MP's dialogue highlights sustainable food systems in mountains

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The diversity of mountain food systems and the role of mountain people as custodians of knowledge and agrobiodiversity were highlighted in an Independent Dialogue organized by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat to inform the first-ever UN Food Systems Summit. This milestone Summit, which will take place in New York in September...