New Mountain Research and Development issue onlinenewsA new issue of Mountain Research and Development is now available online. Topics examined include adaptive capacity in hill farming, institutional and ecological aspects of rangeland management, geospatial selection of reforestation areas, effects of air pollution and other abiotic conditions on mountain forests, improved vegetation classification, downscaling of climate projections, land... Read more » |
Call for papers on Gender and Sustainable Development in MountainsnewsMountain Research and Development (MRD) and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) invite well-validated and sound analyses of approaches to, and conditions for, initiating gender-positive transformation in mountain environments. Possible topics include gender-positive transformation and sustainable natural resource management, gender and adaptation to climate change, gender-responsive governance and gender-equitable... Read more » |
$9.8 million investment in Eastern Afromontane HotspotnewsThe Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) has launched a $9.8 million five-year conservation strategy for the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot, which comprises mountainous areas stretching from Saudi Arabia to Mozambique. The hotspot contains more than 10,000 species, around one third of which are endemic. It also provides crucial ecosystem services, particularly... Read more » |
UN award for fair trade coffee companynewsMountain Partnership member Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee has received a United Nations award for empowering coffee-growers, primarily women, to improve their lives and their children’s futures. The American fair trade company and founder and CEO Dean Cycon were recognized with a Women’s Empowerment Principles Leadership Award in Community Engagement for... Read more » |
International Year of Quinoapeak to peakIssue 55 - Month 3 - Year 2013
Our new issue of Peak to Peak marks the International Year of Quinoa and the run-up to the first-ever International Day of Forests. We also look at new Mountain Partnership members and activities, see... Download » |
Medicinal plant industry can boost green jobs growth in NepalnewsThe growing global demand for medicinal and aromatic plants could help drive Nepal’s green economy, according to a new study from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in collaboraion with the Government of Nepal. Read more » |
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