Landscape Blog launched on 30 January 2012newsAs part of the three-year collaborative Landscape for People, Food and Nature Initiative, the new Landscapes Blog has now been launched. The Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, which officially commenced in November 2011, aims to scale up successful strategies for integrated landscape management that simultaneously support, improve food...
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System of Rice Intensification (SRI) increases high-altitude rice yields in MadagascarnewsThe SRI method was developed in the 1980s by the French Jesuit priest Henri de Laulanié. Challenging traditional rice production, SRI farmers transplant young seedlings with greater spacing on soil that is moist but not flooded. Proponents of SRI claim this system uses 25-50 percent less water, requires 80-90 percent...
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WWF's top 2012 endangered speciesnewsThe numbers of mountain gorillas, Sumatran orangutans, wild tigers and snow leopards are gradually declining - with hunting and habitat loss just some of the reasons that these animals are endangered. World Wildlife Fund has put together a top 10 list of endangered species to be on the look-out for...
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40 years of UNESCO World Heritage Conventionpeak to peakIssue 48 - Month 01 - Year 2012
This year marks the 40th anniversary of UNESCO World Heritage Convention. We have asked Marc Patry from the World Heritage Centre what the Convention envisages for mountains . How is UNESCO ensuring protection of mountain sites? Could you highlight...
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Mountain Nimba, Cote d'Ivoire awarded emergency relief grantnewsThe Côte d’Ivoire component of the transboundary Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, inscribed onto the list of UNESCO World Heritage in Danger, has been awarded a Rapid Response Facility (RRF) small grant. This site has a unique geography, rising above the surrounding savannah and consisting of dense forest...
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Mountain Plants Disappear as Climate WarmsnewsA new study says that a warming climate is having a more profound effect on the world's mountain
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