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International Workshop and Regional Expert Consultation on Mountain Agriculture Development and Food Security and Nutrition Governance

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Food and nutrition insecurity remains challenging in Asia affecting a large amount of people especially in remote mountain areas. Traditional mountain agriculture systems that could enhance nutrition security, dietary diversity and agrobiodiversity in the ecosystems are declining.

Therefore the University of International Relation (China) in collaboration with the International Crops Research...

World Mountain Forum 2018

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Under the theme “Mountains in a changing world: strengthening partnership and pathways towards a thriving mountain future”, the fourth World Mountain Forum will be held on 23–26 October 2018, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, hosted by the Government of Kyrgyzstan with support from the Government of Switzerland, the...

Cultural heritage at the European Mountain Convention

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From 25 to 27 September 2018, nearly 200 mountain stakeholders from all over Europe gathered in Vatra Dornei, Romania, to participate in the European Mountain Convention on “Cultural Heritage as an Engine for Creativity, Innovation and Socioeconomic Development of Mountain areas”, organised jointly by Euromontana and several Romanian...

#MountainsMatter Photo Contest

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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched a #MountainsMatter Photo Contest in celebration of International Mountain Day that is observed every year on 11 December 2018. Participants from around the world are encouraged to submit photos showing why mountains matter to them. Approximately 13 percent of the world’s population...

Forum Carpaticum 2018

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The Forum Carpaticum is an open meeting of the Science for the Carpathians (S4C) initiative that occurs every two years. The fifth Forum Carpaticum will cover a wide range of topics related to sustainability in the Carpathians, including land cover and land-use change, renewable energy, climate change vulnerability assessment and...

New mountain research and development issue

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The newest issue of Mountain Research and Development,Vol 38, No 3 is now available online.

Papers in this issue cover a broad range of topics including the foresight process as a means of conservation in a national reserve in Peru, local perception of a dam construction project in the...