![]() Sustainability of Smallholder Livelihoods in the Ecuadorian HighlandspublicationSmallholder farming constitutes an important but marginalized sector, responsible for most of the world’s agricultural production. This has a significant influence in the land use and land cover change process and agrobiodiversity conservation, especially in mountainous regions of developing countries. The maintenance of sustainable smallholder farming systems represents a key... Download » |
![]() CMC joins the Mountain PartnershipnewsA Colorado Mountain College (CMC) faculty member’s trip to Bhutan two years ago has morphed into a new opportunity for the college to go global. CMC recently became a member of the Mountain Partnership. In 2016 Lorraine Miller, an English as a second language instructor and developmental education faculty... Read more » |
![]() Visualizing mountain environment conservationnewsAs the custodian agency of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 15.4, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) developed the official indicator, the Mountain Green Cover Index, for monitoring progress towards the achievement of this target. Baseline data developed for the... Read more » |
![]() International Day of ForestseventThe International Day of Forests (21 March) celebrates and raises awareness about the importance of all types of forests. On each International Day of Forests, countries are encouraged to undertake local, national and international efforts to organize activities involving forests and trees, such as tree planting campaigns. The theme for... Read more » |
![]() MP members' statement for CSW62 acceptedpeak to peakIssue 113 – Month 3 – Year 2018 The March issue of Peak to Peak opens with a news about Mountain Parternship members' joint written statement being accepted for presentation during the upcoming 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62). The newsletter continues with stories... Download » |
![]() PNG’s National Forest Inventory data presentednewsAround 80 forestry and biodiversity researchers from the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Forest Authority (PNGFA), PNG Forest Research Institute (PNGFRI), PNG University of Technology, University of PNG and Binatang Research Centre gathered at the PNGFRI in Lae on 14-20 February 2018 to present the preliminary results of PNG’s first multipurpose... Read more » |
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