Solar cookers for families in Tajik mountainsnewsThanks to the funds collected by a Norwegian volunteer, nine families, who were affected by the earthquake that struck the Bartang Valley of the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan in December 2015, received solar parabolic cookers. Little Earth can be proud of its volunteers. Several years ago, a woman from...
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Call for mountain photographs for IMDnewsSend us your mountain photos. We are seeking pictures that show local mountain culture. You could submit portraits of mountain peoples or spontaneous shots of individuals engaging in traditional activities, festivals or everyday mountain life. The photographs will be used to promote International Mountain Day (IMD), which is 11 December. The...
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We Are Alps Tour 2016: "Alpine Green Economy"eventThe 2016 edition of the We are Alps tour will look for answers to what the green economy is, how it is unfolding in the Alps - whether different from the lowlands, what its characteristics are and what good practice examples can be found across the Alps (with focus this...
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Action called for livestock in mountainsnewsIn order to facilitate an open and inclusive platform for dialogue and building consensus on global sustainability issues related to livestock, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), together with partner organizations, held the 6th Multiple-Stakeholder Partnership meeting on 20-23 June in Panama City, Panama. During the meeting, the future of...
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Mountains at IUCN World Conservation CongressnewsThe World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Mountains Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) will highlight the value of mountain protected areas at the next IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii, USA, in September 2016. Among the events being planned is a Knowledge Café, called...
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Joint International Summer School : Advanced methods and new integrated approaches to study soil processes in mountain ecosystemseventThe Italian Society of Soil Science (SISS) is organizing afour-day international summer school entitled “Advanced methods and new integrated approaches to study soil processes in mountain ecosystems” under the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action “Enhancing the Resilience Capacity of Sensitive Mountain Forest Ecosystems under Environmental Change” (SENSFOR)....
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