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Bridging tradition and innovation: GIAHS workshop explores new paths for sustainable agriculture

Bridging tradition and innovation: GIAHS workshop explores new paths for sustainable agriculture

19.09.2024

The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) organized a workshop on Traditional Knowledge and Innovation in Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems. Representatives from seven GIAHS sites, spanning Bangladesh, Brazil, Italy, Japan, Morocco, the Philippines and a virtual presence from Spain, convened to...

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Rainfall variability impacts mountain areas of Guatemala, Peru and Tanzania

Rainfall variability impacts mountain areas of Guatemala, Peru and Tanzania

21.02.2014

The changing amount, frequency, predictability and seasonality of rainfall hinder food security and influence migration patterns in mountain areas of Guatemala, Peru and Tanzania. Research carried out by the United...

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Scholarship available for online degree in sustainable mountain development

Scholarship available for online degree in sustainable mountain development

20.02.2014

A scholarship towards the costs of participating in the part-time online Master's of Science (MSc) in Sustainable Mountain Development offered by the University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland, is...

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Top Spanish chef to promote mountain product cuisine

Top Spanish chef to promote mountain product cuisine

19.02.2014

Quique Dacosta, renowned chef with three Michelin stars, and Thomas Hofer, Coordinator of the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, met in Dénia, Spain, on 15 February 2014. They discussed embarking on a...

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Peru holds brainstorming session with 20 countries to include mountains in Post-2015 development agenda

Peru holds brainstorming session with 20 countries to include mountains in Post-2015 development agenda

13.02.2014

Diplomats from twenty countries convened at the Permanent Mission of Peru to the United Nations in New York, USA, on 6 February 2014 to discuss how to integrate mountains in...

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Mountains and forests make headlines at the United Nations

Mountains and forests make headlines at the United Nations

11.02.2014

Emphatic calls were made for mountains and forests to be prominently featured in the Post-2015 development agenda during a 5 February 2014 event at UN headquarters in New York as...

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Enhancing the protection of mountainous areas from wildfires in Eastern Europe

Enhancing the protection of mountainous areas from wildfires in Eastern Europe

27.01.2014

A series of workshops and conferences is being held to improve wildfire suppression in protected areas in Armenia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine, as the threat posed by fires...

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