World Water Week 2016

World Water Week 2016

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World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden is the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues. The 2016 World Water Week will focus on “Water and Sustainable Growth”.

The programme of World Water Week 2016 is currently being developed. Experts and actors of all disciplines who wish to present their...

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Agro-ecology training in mountains of Morocco

Agro-ecology training in mountains of Morocco

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Migrations & Développement started a project to train a network of farmers in southern Morocco in the ways of agro-ecology. To resolve two of the challenges that farmers in rural areas of the Moroccan Mountains are facing, namely poverty and the harsh living conditions, and environmental degradation due to...

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Call for input for Snow Leopard Day

Call for input for Snow Leopard Day

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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Government of Kyrgyzstan and the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection (GSLEP) Secretariat are planning a high-level panel event and the launch of a publication for International Snow Leopard Day 2016 in close collaboration with the Global Environment Facility...

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The summit is not always the highest point

The summit is not always the highest point

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The following account comes directly from a mountaineer and is courtesy of Husseyn (Gusseyn) Bagirov, Minister of Environment in Azerbaijan and President of ADEINFA (Air and Extreme Sports Federations Association), whose poignant story touches on friendship, mountaineering and core moral values. Bagirov’s account exemplifies point #7 of the International...

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Recording rock-art: new technologies for the documentation and management of mountain and valley heritage

Recording rock-art: new technologies for the documentation and management of mountain and valley heritage

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The advanced course “Recording rock-art: new technologies for the documentation and management of mountain and valley heritage” will be offered by the University of Milan (through its branch known as the University of the Mountains, a centre of excellence located at Edolo) in collaboration with the Centro Camuno di...

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Paintings showcase mountains in Pakistan

Paintings showcase mountains in Pakistan

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More than 50 oil-on-canvas paintings depicting the mountains of Pakistan were put on display at the Islamabad Art and Craft Village on 14 August 2016 to mark the Pakistan Independence Day celebrations. Development Communications Network (DEVCOM-Pakistan) and Islamabad Devcom Centennial Leo Club (IDCLC) organized the youth art show aimed...

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