FAO's Work in Sustainable Mountain Development and Watershed Management—A 2017 UpdatepublicationThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) provides an update on its activities related to sustainable mountain development and watershed management in this 2017 platform statement published in Volume 37, Issue 2 (May 2017) of Mountain Research and Development. Download » |
11th International Conference on Community-Based AdaptationeventCommunity-based adaptation to climate change (CBA) focuses on empowering communities to use their own knowledge and decision-making processes to take action on climate change. The 11th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA11) will provide an opportunity to review the latest developments in CBA practice, policy and theory with participants from...
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Water catchments in the Cameroon highlandsnewsThe Save Your Future Association (SYFA) is a grassroot non-profit organization working in the Western Highlands of Cameroon, precisely in the Northwest Region. SYFA was founded in 2001 by environmentalist Dieudonne Tantoh Nforba, popularly known as “Farmer Tantoh”, and was officially registered in 2005. The three goals of...
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Mountains and the SDG indicator frameworknewsThe United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) adopted the indicator framework developed by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goals indicators, as contained in the draft resolution on the ‘Work of the Statistical Commission pertaining to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’. The indicator framework contains indicator...
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Mountains recognized at the highest levelnewsOver the past decades, the area of glaciers in Tajikistan has decreased by 30-35 percent, said United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres during his visit to Tajikistan. "Earlier today, he [the UN Secretary-General] was in Tajikistan, where he overflew the Pamir Mountains on his way to Lake Sarez. The Secretary-General said...
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Iberian mountain research network establishednewsA group of 19 universities and research centres from Andorra, Portugal and Spain have formalized the creation of an Iberian mountain research network to study in partnership the issues affecting mountain areas on the Iberian Peninsula. The Iberian mountain research network “Rede Ibérica de Investigação de Montanha” (RIIM), an initiative...
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