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New joint initiative for mountain value chains springs into action

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On 21 September, the first meeting was organized in the framework of “Enhancing agri-food value chains to increase resilience of mountain communities,” a new joint initiative between the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Global...

GROW Summer School 2020 begins online

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The third annual Summer School “GROW - Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate” opens online with 30 participants attending from 18 countries. The two-week course equips practitioners with the necessary tools, knowledge and understanding to enhance productivity and improve marketing strategies in sustainable and resilient agricultural systems.

The 2020 GROW course focuses...

GROW 2020 Summer School

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Raising environmental awareness through art in the Andean Chocó

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Can artistic expressions such as music help generate greater environmental awareness and add to ongoing scientific efforts? Can art motivate subjects to change their habits and thus provoke concrete actions towards adaptation to climate change? To explore these questions, in 2019, the Andean Forest Program, InConcerto and Radio COCOA undertook...

Virtual community space for climate adaptation in mountains

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The Adaptation at Altitude (AaA) programme has recently launched an online space centred on climate change adaptation in mountains. The virtual space is meant for those working on the topic to share findings, learn from others, discuss common challenges and announce events.

This space is hosted on the  climate change adaptation...

Documenting moths in the Darjeeling Himalaya for National Moth Week

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The Darjeeling Himalaya area is a mountainous region in the northwest of West Bengal, India. The Darjeeling Himalaya is known for its rich diversity of moths, yet few studies have documented moths in the region. To this day, the extent of the diversity of moth species in the area is...