Alysh Dan: a mountain apricot community

Alysh Dan: a mountain apricot community

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The Farmer Cooperative ‘Alysh Dan’ was established in 2008 and is currently comprised of 1 200 members, including 63 households of bio-farmers. The cooperative produces organic products for domestic and export markets. Alysh Dan is located in the mountain village Kara-Bak, in the Batken region in southern Kyrgyzstan....

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New ICIMOD publications about yaks

New ICIMOD publications about yaks

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The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), based in Kathmandu, Nepal, announces the release of several new publications on its online library, HimalDoc. The publications span a range of topics, including value chain development in the Hindu Kush Himalayas, the impact of Nepal’s 2015 Gorkha earthquake, water conservation...

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MiratecArts announces mountain photo contest

MiratecArts announces mountain photo contest

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Mountain Pico Festival is an arts celebration hosted by MiratecArts taking place in January 2017 on the mountain island of Pico, Azores, Portugal. Programming is subject to the mountain theme "Portugal´s Highest Peaks". Any organization wishing to participate with an artistic project, please contact [email protected] as soon...

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Journalists blog about their Alpine tour

Journalists blog about their Alpine tour

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The first blog entries of the journalists who participated in the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention’s ‘We are Alps’ tour are now online. On 29 June - 5 July 2016, ten journalists crossed the Alps with the aim of raising awareness on the challenges and opportunities of...

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Hiking from Bangkok to Barcelona

Hiking from Bangkok to Barcelona

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The distance between Bangkok, Thailand, and Barcelona, Spain, is about 14 000 kilometres, depending on the path one follows, and backpackers Jenn and Lluís are traversing this distance on foot. Beginning in early 2016, they departed from Bangkok with the goal of “walking towards something else, something bigger than...

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Mountain communities call for climate action

Mountain communities call for climate action

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As half of the world's population relies on mountains for their water, 18 indigenous mountain communities call for support to strengthen traditional natural resource management systems. Mountain communities are among the most vulnerable to climate change, with many communities already suffering due to erratic rainfall, drought, increased temperatures and pests, as...

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