Promoting SMD in 2015newsThe Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) reflects on its key achievements in promoting sustainable mountain development (SMD) last year in its 2015 annual report. Called “Our Journey in 2015: Mountain Partnership Secretariat Annual Report”, the publication documents the Secretariat’s work in the areas of advocacy, communication and knowledge management, International Mountain...
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Tour of the Alps for journalistsnewsThe Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention is organizing a crossing of the Alps for journalists in early summer, with the aim of raising awareness on the challenges and opportunities of its region and on the Alpine Convention as a toolbox for the balanced development of a territory shared...
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Mountain Futures Initiative for brighter futurenewsAt the Mountain Futures Conference held on1-4 March 2016 in Kunming, China, stakeholders in the world’s mountainous areas put their backs into the Mountain Futures Initiative, which seeks to combine tradition with scientific research in order to upscale sustainable practices for the future of the world’s mountainous regions.
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Himalayan expedition to light up monasterynewsThe Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) has announced that its fourth expedition will be to Ladakh, India, in June 2016. This year the carefully selected team will light up the 2550-year-old Phuktal Gonpa Monastery, built in a natural cave in Zanskar in the northern part of the country.
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Organic agriculture as a pathway for mountainsnewsThe International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) and Michigan State University (MSU), USA, held an international seminar, called "Organic farming with orientation on biological pesticides and resistant varieties of crops" in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, on 14-16 March 2016. Attended by government representatives, scientists, academics, private sector representatives and...
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Utah celebrates International Women's DaynewsUtah Valley University students and faculty commemorated International Women’s Day for the first time by hosting several events during the week of 1-8 March 2016. UVU’s Women’s Success Center started celebrations by presenting the Rainmaker Award to Barbara Barrington Jones on 1 March for her work to empower...
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