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Award-winning project buzzes with innovation for bees and women

Award-winning project buzzes with innovation for bees and women

11.04.2024

The Mountain Partnership's 2023 training course "GROW – Agrobiodiversity in a changing climate" featured an innovation contest on the importance of biodiversity for creating jobs in agriculture. Participant Ysa Calderón from Peru won the contest with project to address threats to pollinators and empower women. In this interview, Ysa describes...

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In Memoriam of the ''Tree Lady" Wangari Maathai

26.09.2011

Kenyan social activist and environmental crusader, Wangari Maathai, passed away on 25 September in Kenya. She was the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize. The Green Belt...

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Call for submission of Multimedia Materials on Mountains and Green Economy

26.09.2011

To raise awareness of the importance of mountainous areas in a Green Economy context, and to provide concrete examples of how the world's mountain regions are contributing to the green...

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Powerful quake rocks the Himalayas - India, Nepal and Tibet

20.09.2011

A strong earthquake measuring 6.9 on the richter scale shook northeastern India and Nepal on Sunday evening, 18 September 2011. The earthquake, which triggered landslides, wrecking buildings and sent people...

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Mountain Research and Development - available online and open access

19.09.2011

In the newest issue of Mountain Research and Development (MRD) three papers focus on water resources and water management issues in the Indus Basin—one of the largest watersheds in the...

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Juniper bush - disappearance in the Himalayas discovered by Mountain Institute expedition

16.09.2011

During a recent expedition to Imja Lake, Nepal, in the Himalayas, scientists of the Mountain Institute (TMI) discovered evidence that Jupiter bushes are disappearing. This phenomenon is a “disaster in...

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Famous Italian Climber Walter Bonatti dead at 81

14.09.2011

The mountaineering world is mourning the death of the legendary Italian climber Walter Bonatti. He died of cancer in Rome aged 81. As one of the world’s most important climbers,...

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