Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk ReductioneventThe Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, ‘Invest Today for a Safer Tomorrow’, will be held at the International Conference Centre of Geneva 19-23 May 2013. The biennial Global Platform gathers together the world's disaster risk community from governments, international and intergovernmental organizations, NGOs, local community representatives, scientific and...
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7th Scientific Journalism Seminar: High MountainseventThe Mountain Partnership Secretariat and the Food and Agriculture Organization are among the sponsors of the 7th Scientific Journalism Seminar taking place in Loja, Ecuador, 16-17 May 2013. The theme of this year’s meeting is High Mountains: the economic, social and environmental importance of the Andes. Participants at the seminar will come...
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Preregistration open for Central Asian Mountain Program Forum 2013newsPreregistration is now open for the Central Asian Mountain Program (CAMP) Forum, which will take place 27-29 August this year in Kalmak Ashu village, Chuy Oblast, Kyrgyzstan. The topic of the forum will be Energy - Efficiency - Future: Access and innovation for Mountain Communities.
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VIDEO: The Mountain Institute's Director-General discusses mountains and climate changenewsThe director-general of the Mountain Institute, Andrew Taber, has given a video interview about the work of the Institute and the mountain agenda. Taber discusses working to alleviate climate change and poverty internationally throughout mountain regions in the interview for mOppenheim.TV., which specializes in the production of video...
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50th anniversary of American Mount Everest expedition celebratedpeak to peakIssue 57 - Month 5 - Year 2013
Our new issue of Peak to Peak reports on a new National Geographic Society book celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first expedition of an American team to successfully reach the summit of Mount... Download » |
Scholarship available for online MSc in Sustainable Mountain DevelopmentnewsA scholarship towards the costs of participating in a part-time online MSc Sustainable Mountain Development offered by the University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland, is available for one student starting in September 2013. The course is an activity of the UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Mountain Development. The scholarship will pay...
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