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Alpine Spring Festival

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The first Alpine Spring Festival will take place in Bolzano, Italy, 4-8 March 2013.

An initiative of the Italian Presidency of the Alpine Convention and the Permanent Secretariat, the programme of the Alpine Spring Festival includes meetings and workshops on the main topics of interest for the Alpine region.

Among highlights will be...

Apples ‘souring’ due to climate change

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Sweet apples grown in the Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh are gradually losing their taste as a result of climate change, according to reports.

Farmers of the remote Mechuka valley in West Siang district are complaining that 15-20 years ago the apples they produced were sweet, but now the fruits taste...

Memoria del taller de Crianza del agua

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The National Secretariat for Risk Management, the Ministry of Environment Ecuador, and the United Nations Program for Development supported this initiative to recover ancestral knowledge about adaptation strategies used in Download »

Mountain Partnership African Champions Committee launched

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African members of the Mountain Partnership have agreed to create a new Mountain Partnership African Champions Committee to move the region's sustainable mountain development agenda forward.

At a regional meeting of the Mountain Partnership in Kigali, Rwanda, on 20 February, members reiterated their commitment to promoting sustainable mountain development, building on...

Post-2015 Development Agenda Consultation on Water: Water Resources Management and Wastewater Management and Water Quality

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The Post-2015 Development Agenda Consultation on Water: Water Resources Management and Wastewater Management and Water Quality will take place in Geneva, Switzerland. The Thematic Consultation on Water is being led by UN-Water, UNICEF and UN DESA, with the support of the governments of the Netherlands and Switzerland. This meeting will...

Applications open for Himalayan Glaciology programme

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Applications are now open for a four-week training programme on capacity building in Himalayan glaciology organised by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, under the auspices of the National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem.

The programme takes place 1-27 April and aims to increase the human and institutional capacities of Indian...