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Continuing cooperation for mountains

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Dr Janet Colvin, Interim Associate Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Utah Valley University (UVU), discussed cooperation between the state of Utah, United States, and Kyrgyzstan, with a focus on sustainable mountain development, with representatives of educational institutions and the media during her visit to Bishkek,...

Renewable energy in the mountains of Argentina

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Renewable energy is the future of Argentina, said the National Committee for the Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions of Argentina. President of Argentina Mauricio Macri has promoted the strengthening of investments in this sector to include the country in the use of renewable resources. In this context, the National Committee...

Case studies, climate and hunger in mountains

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Your case studies are invited for the fact sheets currently being created by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) for International Mountain Day (IMD) 2017, which will take place on 11 December. The theme chosen for this year’s celebration is...

7th edition of African Mountains’ Echo out now

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The seventh edition of “African Mountains’ Echo: the Voice for Sustainable Mountain Development in Africa”, produced by the Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) in collaboration with the Africa Mountains Regional Forum with financial support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), is now available online.

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Interning for the MP Secretariat

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The Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) is especially grateful for the support of its volunteers and interns, including Diego Laurenti Sellers, whose internship ends in August 2017. Diego is from Rome, Italy and has dual citizenship in Italy and the United States of America. Prior to joining the MPS team, Diego...

Stepping up for mountains in 2016

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Issue 107 – Month 8 – Year 2017

The August issue of Peak to Peak shares with readers the Mountain Partnership Secretariat 2016 Annual Report. The newsletter continues with stories about a week dedicated to mountains hosted by Bogotá, Colombia that included an International Congress of Paramos and Mountain...