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International Mountain Summit

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For the past nine years, the International Mountain Summit (IMS) in Bressanone/South Tyrol has gathered mountain lovers together from all over the world. “Meet.Mountain.People.Soul” will be the central theme for this year’s festival. In the 2017 edition, not only will famous speakers have a central role but so will the...

1st West African Mountain Forum

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West Africa is a sub-region that has an abundance of ecosystems, including - among others - mountains. Although not necessarily impressive in terms of altitude, West African mountains are high in biodiversity, and they play an important role in the overall sustainable development of the sub-region. Many West African communities...

Enter the #MountainsMatter video contest

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Issue 109 – Month 10 – Year 2017

The October issue of Peak to Peak launches the #MountainsMatter video contest, to bring attention to the plight of mountain peoples and ecosystems for International Mountain Day 2017. The newsletter continues with stories about the University of the Mountains’ initiative to...

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Mountains in the Changing World

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The international conference on “Mountains in the Changing World”. #MoChWo, as the event is called on social media, is organized by the Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences will be held in ancient town of Kathmandu on 1-2 October 2016.

It aims to provide a forum for international and national scholars,...

New issue of MRD Journal available online

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For the latest issue of the journal Mountain Research and Development (MRD), guest editors G. Gratzer and W. Keeton invited researchers to reflect on the role of mountain forests in relation to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Papers in this issue cover gender issues in Ethiopian agroforestry, the...

Long-Term Research in Mountain Areas Workshop

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Long-term research programmes have steadily gained importance over the last decades, monitoring worldwide issues such as climate change, land use changes, deposition and accumulation of pollutants, acceleration of socio-economic evolution, and analysing their influences on ecosystems. Ecological and socio-ecological questions in mountain areas can be difficult to answer in short...