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Mountain newspaper wins Energy Globe Award

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Aiyl Demi, a monthly Kyrgyz-language newspaper designed to serve remote mountain communities, has won the Energy Globe Award in the national category for Kyrgyzstan. Also referred to as the “Oscar of the environment”, the Energy Globe Award was founded in 1999 by Austrian energy pioneer Wolfgang Neumann and is one...

Keeping an Eye on SDG 15

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This publication presents the three forest-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicators for which the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is the custodian agency, including SDG indicator 15.4.2, the Mountain Green Cover Index. It contains 3-4 pages for each indicator, covering the following: a) context of goal...

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High-level mountain conference announced

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Issue 105 – Month 6 – Year 2017

The June issue of Peak to Peak announces the high-level conference on mountains “Mountains under Pressure” that will be held on 11 December 2017 at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Italy. The newsletter continues with...

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Contest on Andean forests and climate change

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The Andean Forests Programme has announced the call for the 2017 Research Grants Fund. The contest aims to promote the generation of scientific information on the impacts and response options of Andean forests to climate change. The contest will finance research carried out in the Andean forests of Argentina, Bolivia...

CinemAmbiente Environmental Film Festival

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Since its inception in 1998, the “CinemAmbiente” Environmental Film Festival has presented some of the best in environmental films. The festival seeks to address the myriad issues related to the environment, including pollution, consumerism, food, waste production and management, genetically modified organisms (GMO), sustainable development and climate change, with a...

Mountain Partnership Global Meeting announced

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The Mountain Partnership Global Meeting, titled “Mountains under Pressure”, will be held on 11-13 December 2017 at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy, announced Mountain Partnership Secretariat Coordinator Thomas Hofer on 24 May. The theme of the meeting will be “Climate,...