Mountains for Europe's Future

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“Mountains for Europe‘s Future” is an initiative leading to a Strategic Research Agenda to promote the inclusion of specific mountain topics in the Horizon 2020 Work Programmes 2018-20 or other strategic documents.

Join the event to:

• “Find the mountains in Brussels” on a short guided tour, and learn where...

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Submissions for UN report on mountains

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The Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) is currently compiling summaries of the most important results of mountain development activities since July 2013 for the United Nations Secretary General (UNSG) Report on Sustainable Mountain Development.

Now requested every three years, the MPS and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations,...

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Looking at pan-Alpine cooperation

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Twenty-five years have passed since the Alpine Convention was established. In its Annual Report, the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps (CIPRA International) focuses on the role the international agreement plays for pan-alpine cooperation today and the role it could play in the future. There...

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Members to meet on climate change in the Andes

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Several Andean organizations, among which Mountain Partnership members, are working on mountain ecosystems, allowing for closer collaboration and cooperation. Asociacion OIKOS and Consortium for Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion (CONDESAN) are a clear example of partners working together.

In a changing climate, informing and raising awareness about...

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Mountain Research and Development issue online

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When exploring pathways for sustainable development, knowledge about context matters just as much as our understanding of global processes. Papers in Open Issue (Vol 36, No 1) of Mountain Research and Development (MRD) carefully examine the changing social-ecological context and the global factors influencing it. Papers offer insights...

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Elevating mountain environmental justice

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The University of Denver - Western Colorado Master Social Work Programme, Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW), demonstrates its commitment to the Mountain Partnership’s mission - to improve the lives of mountain peoples and protect mountain environments around the world - in a number of ways. Every spring the...

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