Including mountains in the CBD Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Including mountains in the CBD Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

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Mountains are vital for the conservation of biodiversity, and mountain people are critical to managing and protecting biodiversity. In this policy note, the Mountain Partnership calls on the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to ensure that mountains are explicitly included in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and...

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IPROMO 2021 call for applications: Post COVID-19 recovery in mountain areas

IPROMO 2021 call for applications: Post COVID-19 recovery in mountain areas

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The May 2021 issue of Peak to Peak announces the call for applications for the fourteenth annual IPROMO Summer School, this year to focus on "Post COVID-19 recovery in mountain areas." Members' Voices features a blog post from the Feminist Hiking Collective sharing reflections from the mountain women that participated in their global Earth Day...

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Highlighting sustainable food systems in mountains for the UN Food Systems Summit 2021

Highlighting sustainable food systems in mountains for the UN Food Systems Summit 2021

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As a contribution to the discussion on sustainable food systems in mountains in the lead up to the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, an info sheet has been developed by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat and Theresa Tribaldos, Centre for Development and Environment.

Mountain agriculture and food production sustain the livelihoods of...

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Ecosystem Restoration Playbook: A practical guide to healing the planet

Ecosystem Restoration Playbook: A practical guide to healing the planet

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People and the planet are only as healthy as the ecosystems we all depend on. Bringing degraded ecosystems back to life – for example by planting trees, cleaning up riverbanks or simply giving nature space to recover – increases their benefits to society and biodiversity. Without reviving ecosystems, we cannot...

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Jaguars in Jujuy – a sign of healthy mountain ecosystems

Jaguars in Jujuy – a sign of healthy mountain ecosystems

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For the last ten years, Fundación ProYungas – a member of the Mountain Partnership since 2005 – has been monitoring biodiversity in northern Argentina with camera traps. Monitoring occurs in the territories of companies participating in the Protected Productive Landscape programme. To date, the camera traps have recorded...

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Red, the colour of prosperity for indigenous Ulikan rice farmers in the Philippines

Red, the colour of prosperity for indigenous Ulikan rice farmers in the Philippines

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It is 6.00 in the Pasil River Valley of Kalinga Province in the Philippine Cordillera. Lucious green mountains dotted with rice fields extend as far as the eye can see. Lita Caniw, 72, is headed to work at her six parcels of land in the Fummag Rice Terraces. Throughout her...

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