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Using cultural monitoring to understand bison in Banff National Park

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The Stoney Nakoda First Nations are combining traditional knowledge with “Western” science to create a more holistic understanding of the bison reintroduction in Mînî Rhpa Mâkoche, also known as Banff National Park, in Canada.

In 2017, 16 bison were released in the northeast section of Banff National Park. This herd has...

GMBA releases new global mountain inventory

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The Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA), a long-standing member of the Mountain Partnership, has released a significantly updated and expanded version of its global mountain inventory, which now consists of 8616 mountain polygons.

Version 2.0 of the global mountain inventory introduces a hierarchical classification of the world’s mountain ranges, which...

Mountain Partnership key speakers at Italy’s Expo Dubai tourism forum

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The March 2022 issue of Peak to Peak highlights the Mountain Partnership's participation in Italy's tourism forum at Expo 2020 Dubai. It furthermore shares the link to download the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development 2022 logos. Top news stories cover two Mountain Partnership members who recently received international recognition...

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"Women move mountains" theme of International Mountain Day 2022

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The February 2022 issue of Peak to Peak announces the theme of this year's International Mountain Day: "Women move mountains". Top news stories cover a briefing note on mountains in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, the European Cohesian Policy and how its impproving the daily lives of mountain citizens, and...

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Mountains in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

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A briefing note on mountains in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework has been prepared ahead of the resumed OEWG-3/SBSTTA-24/SBI-3 sessions in Geneva, to be held on 13-29 March 2022.

The briefing note was produced by the United Nations Environment Programme in close collaboration with the Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention,...

Briefing note – Mountains in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

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This briefing note was produced by the United Nations Environment Programme in close collaboration with the Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention, the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, the Mountain Research Initiative, the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment and GRID-Arendal. It highlights indicators (with a focus on...