Securing the future of the Via Alpina

Securing the future of the Via Alpina

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Breathtaking landscapes, magnificent panoramas, unexpected encounters on the way up to the summit: the Via Alpina is a unique long-distance hiking trail across all eight of Europe’s Alpine countries that connects their diverse landscapes, languages and people. The International Commission for the Protection of the Alps (CIPRA) is working...

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Project monitors mountainous watersheds and streams to mitigate pollution in the Black Sea

Project monitors mountainous watersheds and streams to mitigate pollution in the Black Sea

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A new project financed by the European Union aims to reduce pollution in the Black Sea by monitoring pollutants and litter in mountainous streams and watersheds.

The "Protect Streams 4 Sea" project focuses on joint environmental monitoring of nonpoint source pollutants and litter. It aims to mitigate such pollutants from entering...

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Italy’s tourism forum at Expo Dubai explores sustainable mountain tourism

Italy’s tourism forum at Expo Dubai explores sustainable mountain tourism

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"For tourism in mountains to be sustainable, we need training and responsible investments and to strengthen public-private partnerships," said Rosalaura Romeo, Mountain Partnership Secretariat, at Expo 2020 Dubai.

Hosted by the Italian Pavilion, the event “New frontiers of sustainable tourism” on 10 January 2022 was dedicated to identifying a new, increasingly...

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MP member wins sustainable fashion award

MP member wins sustainable fashion award

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Mountain Partnership member Illa Biodiversidad y Desarrollo SAC is one of the winners of the 2022 Common Objective (CO) Leadership Award in sustainable fashion.

The CO Leadership Awards celebrate ambition for, and commitment to, business practices that transform lives and solve environmental challenges. The awards are open to all businesses...

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"Women move mountains" theme of International Mountain Day 2022

"Women move mountains" theme of International Mountain Day 2022

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The February 2022 issue of Peak to Peak announces the theme of this year's International Mountain Day: "Women move mountains". Top news stories cover a briefing note on mountains in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, the European Cohesian Policy and how its impproving the daily lives of mountain citizens, and...

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Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

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The Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will take place in Geneva from 1 to 4 February 2022 (online). The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is convening the conference in partnership with the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform,...

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