ICIMOD celebrates Himalayan culturesnewsFor many, mountains evoke powerful emotions with their breathtaking landscapes that inspire wonder. Mountains cover nearly 22 percent of the world’s land surface and are home to 13 percent of the global population. They serve as water towers to the world, providing for the freshwater needs of more than half...
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Social innovation project in mountain areasnewsA new four-year project founded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovative programme and coordinated by the James Hutton Institute was launched in April 2016. “Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas” (SIMRA) seeks to advance understanding of social innovation and innovative governance in agriculture, forestry and rural development,...
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Mountains to be featured at CBD COP 13newsMountain Partnership (MP) members and other institutions are organizing side events and exhibitions to highlight mountains during the 13th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 13) to the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) on 4-17 December 2016 in Cancun, Mexico. Half of the world’s biodiversity hotspots are concentrated in...
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Mountain Cultures Photo ContesteventThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) received over 345 photos from 57 countries for the #MountainsMatter photo contest, which asked people to capture the diversity of mountain culture in pictures. Organized in the run-up to International Mountain Day on 11 December, the aim of...
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Reading Mountains FestivaleventThe Reading Mountains Festival is an occasion for partners of the Alpine Convention around the Alps to organize events to celebrate Alpine literature, languages and cultures under a joint umbrella. On International Mountain Day, 11 December, and the days leading to it, partners (stakeholders, schools, libraries, interested individuals, restaurants and...
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The 13th Conference of the Parties to the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD COP 13)eventThe thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD COP 13), the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 8) and the second meeting of the...
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