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IPROMO 2019 Summer School

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Issue 129 - Month 8 - Year 2019

The August 2019 issue of Peak to Peak begins with a recap of this year's IPROMO Summer School. Continuing the new Members' Voices section, Alberto Pascual of Fundación CoMunidad explains the organization's work for mountains. The newsletter continues with mountain-related news, upcoming events like...

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Apply for Grow Summer School, "Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate".

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Issue 126 – Month 5 – Year 2019

The May 2019 issue of Peak to Peak starts by discussing call for applications for Grow Summer School, "Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate". The newsletter continues with stories about promoting mountain products in India and the Philippines and local communities' engagement.

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Photo of spring equinox festival in Iran wins International Mountain Day 2018 competition

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An image from a spring equinox festival on a mountain in Iran has won the annual International Mountain Day photography competition organized by FAO to heighten awareness of the importance of mountains worldwide.

Salar Arkan is the 2018 winner with the entry “Torches” — depicting a ceremonial torch lighting...

A Call for Mountains

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A Call for Mountains is a declaration published by the participants of the World Mountain Forun in Bishkek, Kygryzstan.

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New project promotes indigenous food and sustainable tourism in the Philippines

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Slow Food and the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, hosted by FAO, have signed an agreement to improve the livelihoods of mountain people, with special focus on Cordillera's mountain community in the Philippines.

The agreement comes ahead of the International Mountain Day - a day celebrated each...

Mountain Glaciers: Vanishing Sources of Water and Life

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Mountain glaciers are among the most visible and emblematic indicators of climate change. Worldwide, glaciers are losing mass at unprecedented rates – a process that has accelerated in recent decades, with record losses in the 21st century. As an effect of widespread glacier shrinkage, the high mountains of the world...