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Sign the petition for mountains

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The current draft of the international climate change agreement has a proposed mention of mountains, which the petition being circulated by the Mountain Partnership (MP) aims to retain in the final draft. (Please sign the petition here.) The online petition calls on delegates at the 21st session of...

Governance approaches for mountain ecosystems

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Since 2015 is the year of Sustainable Development and the United Nations Sustainable Development goals (UN SDG) have now been launched, the topic of sustainable development has been much explored through research and debate, but not much seen in practice. Over the next fifteen years, the world aims to become...

“Climate Protection Now” Conference on Climate Change in the Alps

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The International Commission for the Protection of the Alps (CIPRA) together with the association "Alpine Town of the Year" and the network "Alliance in the Alps" will host the “Climate Protection Now” conference on 29-30 October at the Centre for the Environment and Culture in Benediktbeuern, Germany.

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VII World Congress on South American Camelids

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The VII World Congress on South American Camelids is a scientific meeting that will be held by Regional Government of Puno, Provincial Municipality of Puno, Faculty of Veterinary and Medicine and Animal Science of the National University of the Puno Highlands in its Great Auditorium in Puno, Peru.

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Nepal group wins Mountain Protection Award

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Nepal-based project KTK-BELT (in full ‘Koshi Tappu Kanchenjunga Biodiversity Education Livelihood Tera Studio') has been confirmed as the third winner of the UIAA Mountain Protection Award (MPA).

Created in 2013 as a response to forest loss, habitat decrease and a drop in biodiversity, KTK-BELT is a platform for farmers, teachers, designers and...

MP Steering Committee discusses 2016

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The Mountain Partnership Steering Committee met in Turin, at the Palazzo dal Pozzo della Cisterna, on 14-15 October 2015. This was the second formal meeting of the Steering Committee (SC) after its election at the Fourth Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership (MP). Items discussed included: the MPS activities from...