Rare wheat from the mountains of Tajikistan at Arctic seed vault

Rare wheat from the mountains of Tajikistan at Arctic seed vault

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Rare wheat collected from the “Roof of the World” in the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan; amaranth, barley and once-forgotten forage crops that could sustain livestock in these climatestressed times are among the seed samples arriving this week for the fourth birthday of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV). The Global...

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Conference: Planet Under Pressure 2012 - 26-29 March 2012, London, UK

Conference: Planet Under Pressure 2012 - 26-29 March 2012, London, UK

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The 2012 international Planet Under Pressure conference will take place from 26 to 29 March 2012 in London, UK. The conference aims to provide a comprehensive and scientific update on the pressure that planet Earth is now under. Global sustainability scientists, decision-makers in policy, development, business and the wider non-government...

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Conference on Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountain Areas - Stuttgart, Germany, 16-18 April 2012

Conference on Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountain Areas - Stuttgart, Germany, 16-18 April 2012

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A Conference on Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountain Areas will take place from 16 to 18 April 2012 at the Hohenheim University in Stuttgart, Germany. The conference is organized by the Uplands Program, with funds from the German Research Foundation. The conference will focus on a number...

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New publication online - Integrated Natural Resource Management in the Highlands of Eastern Africa

New publication online - Integrated Natural Resource Management in the Highlands of Eastern Africa

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The book “Integrated Natural Resource Management in the Highlands of Eastern Africa” has been recently published and is available online for free download. This publication collects research, methodological innovation, and lessons learned in the African Highlands Initiative (AHI), an eco-regional research-for-development program operating in the eastern African highlands. The editors...

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Are the world's glaciers threatened by climate change?

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A surprising finding comes from a study published in Nature, which claims that the world's largest mountain chain, stretching from the Himalayas to Tian Shan on the border of China and Kyrgyzstan, has lost no ice between 2003 and 2010. The study is the first to survey all the world's...

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Amendments to para 94 of the "Zero Draft" now online!

Amendments to para 94 of the "Zero Draft" now online!

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Recognizing the importance of civil society, the Rio+20 Bureau’s co-chair Ambassador Kim invited Major Groups to submit their amendments to the Rio+20 "Zero draft" outcome at the Bureau meeting with Major groups on 27 January 2012.  A series of e-consultations has been promoted by the Mountain Partnership on a global scale. Your...

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