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Central Asian mountain stakeholders meet

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A mountain stakeholder meeting was held at the University of Central Asia (UCA) on 16 May 2017. Led by the Mountain Partnership Central Asia Mountain Hub (CAMH), about 30 representatives from 15 Mountain Partnership member organizations and institutions - including NGOs, community groups and research centres - gathered...

International Training Course on Combating Desertification

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Turkey’s General Directorate of Combating Desertification and Erosion invites participants from eligible countries in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia to take part in the International Training Course on Combating Desertification. The course is open to two representatives per country and is aimed at decision makers, forest engineers and NGOs...

Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

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Organized by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (Global Platform), as recognized by the UN General Assembly, is the main forum at the global level for strategic advice, coordination, partnership development and the review of progress in the implementation of international...

Global Himalayan Expedition wins tourism award

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Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE), a Mountain Partnership member from India, won the Start-Up Innovation Award for the category of “impact tourism” at the fifth World Tourism Forum Lucerne in Lucerne, Switzerland on 4-5 May 2017. GHE earned this prize for their business model of leveraging tourism and technology...

Eradicating poverty in mountains

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The Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RANS), a Mountain Partnership member in General Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), contributed a written statement on behalf of the Mountain Partnership to the 2017 ECOSOC Integration Segment on 8-10 May 2017. As the theme of...

Chogoria Mount Kenya Mountain Run (Postponed)

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Due to weather conditions, this event has been postponed until November 2017 - more information coming soon.

Mara Expeditions Community Based Organization, in collaboration with the Kenya Wildlife Service, Kenya Forest Service, Athletics Kenya, Flexi-Biogas and Tharaka- Nithi County Government, is organizing a mountain running half marathon on Mount...