Mountain inventory published in Alpine BotanynewsAn article by the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) team has been published in the journal Alpine Botany. “A global inventory of mountains for bio-geographical applications” describes the process the GMBA team followed to develop an inventory of the world’s mountains in order to assess the biological diversity...
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Call for papers on shifting cultivationnewsWork has begun on a new book, focused on “Farmer Innovations and Best Practices by Shifting Cultivators in Asia-Pacific”. The Editor of the forthcoming volume invites those working with or studying shifting cultivation in the Asia-Pacific region to submit papers and supporting photographs documenting and analysing farmer innovations and best...
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Call for journalists for 2017 We are Alps tournewsThe Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention invites interested journalists on a crossing of the Alps in early summer, with the aim of raising awareness about the challenges and opportunities of the region and about the Alpine Convention as a toolbox for the balanced development of a territory...
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UIMF advocates for mountain women at the UNnewsThe Utah International Mountain Forum (UIMF), a coalition of student clubs at Utah Valley University (UVU), participated at the 61st session of the United Nations (UN) Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61) on 20-23 March 2017. The UIMF shared with participants at CSW61 their contributions to the...
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Third Euro-Asian Mountain Resorts ConferenceeventThe World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Government of Georgia and Georgian Mountain Resorts Development Company will host the third Euro-Asian Mountain Resorts Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia on 4-7 April 2017. Under the title “Innovative Strategies for Sustainable Mountain Tourism Development”, international experts will discuss current and future challenges, illustrate...
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Regional contest on ecosystem-based adaptationnewsPractical Action, in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and its Regional Portal for Technology Transfer and Action on Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean (REGATTA), have launched a regional contest to identify successful cases of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) technologies and practices...
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