Why is food insecurity rising in mountains?newsThere are many interrelated factors behind this troubling trend, explains Andrew Taber of The Mountain Institute, referring to data revealed by “Mapping the Vulnerability of Mountain Peoples to Food Insecurity”, a study conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization in collaboration with the Mountain Partnership Secretariat. According to...
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Action in mountains vital to global goalspeak to peak Issue 93 – Month 6 – Year 2016 The June issue of Peak to Peak begins with the coverage of an MPS event where United Nations diplomats called for efforts to address the rising rate of food insecurity in mountainous areas...
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ICT for Mountain Development Award 2016newsOn World Environment Day, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) launched the ICT for Mountain Development Award for the third consecutive year. The award recognizes innovations, use and applications of Information and Communications Technology for Development (ICTD) that help to promote mountain development and environmental conservation....
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MP member shares climate adaptation reportnewsTara Joy and Stella Joy of Active Remedy Ltd had a private audience with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama at his residence in northern India, during which they discussed the environment and their work on 23 May 2016. Having recently created a report on the use of local,...
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Peruvian engineer wins Mountain Legacy medalnewsPeruvian engineer César Augusto Portocarrero Rodríguez will be presented the 2017 Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal on 11 December 2016, International Mountain Day, Nepalese NGO Mountain Legacy announced. Portocarrero has directed projects to mitigate the danger of outburst floods from numerous glacial lakes in the Andes, saving thousands of...
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Global Himalayan Expedition 2016eventThe Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) will go to Ladakh, India, in June 2016 for its fourth expedition. This year the carefully selected team will light up the 2550-year-old Phuktal Gonpa Monastery, built in a natural cave in Zanskar in the northern part of the country.
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