Apply for "GROW - Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate" 2024

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The application period for the 2024 edition of the online training programme GROW - Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate is now open. The course will be held from 12 to 22 November 2024.

Securing access to healthy, safe, and high-quality food for all while maintaining environmental sustainability is one of the...

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Local efforts for ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and resilient forest livelihoods in the mountain watersheds of the Philippines

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This policy brief explores the willingness of local authorities to strengthen adaptation and resilience to climate change while improving social well-being and economic development. It presents forest restoration and sustainable agricultural practices, institutionalized yet led by communities, as effective methods for reducing risks, improving the resilience of farmer communities and...

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Mountain forests masterclass: Insights from the field

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In the lead up to the 27th Session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO 27) and the 9th World Forest Week, this event is dedicated to spotlighting success stories from young mountain foresters operating in the field. Organized together by the Mountain Youth Hub (MYH) and the COFO 27 Youth...

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3rd World Biodiversity Forum

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Un­der the theme "From Sci­ence to Ac­tion", the third World Bio­di­ver­si­ty Fo­rum (WBF) will bring to­geth­er re­searchers across all disc­iplines of bio­di­ver­si­ty sci­ence with prac­ti­tion­ers and so­ci­etal ac­tors to ex­plore how to move from sci­ence to ac­tions and so­lu­tions to con­serve bio­di­ver­si­ty and forge a path to­wards trans­for­ma­tion for sus­tain­abil­i­ty.

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Joint action for the Alps – conserve, connect, and restore

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The upcoming conference "Joint action for the Alps – conserve, connect, and restore" will be held from 12 to 14 June 2024 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. This international conference is jointly organized by the Slovenian Presidency of the Alpine Convention and the International Scientific Committee on Research in the Alps...

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Side event: Human mobility in the context of climate change in mountain areas – evidence, gaps and priorities

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The International Organization for Migration will be hosting a side event at the 3rd High-Level International Conference on International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018-2028 in Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan. The event will be a moderated discussion held in person on 11 June (time and location to be confirmed).

The event will...

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