European Mountain Convention - 2-4 October 2012, Chambery, France

European Mountain Convention - 2-4 October 2012, Chambery, France

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The European Mountain Convention will take place this year from 2 to 4 October 2012 in Chambery, France. The Convention is organized by the European Association for Mountain Areas (Euromontana) in cooperation with the French region Rhône Alpes. The three-day conference will feature discussions on several topics related...

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United Nations General Assembly Resolution: Sustainable Mountain Development (2012)

United Nations General Assembly Resolution: Sustainable Mountain Development (2012)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on Sustainable mountain development at the 66th Session. A/RES/66/205

 

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City of Aspen (US) moved into warmer climate zone

City of Aspen (US) moved into warmer climate zone

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New national climate designations released this month by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirm that winter is getting warmer around the city of Aspen. The mountain city of Aspen, member of the Mountain Partnership since 2010 is, for the first time, in the same climate zone of warmer and...

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UNEP to implement EUR 2.3 million project rehabilitating the water towers of Kenya

UNEP to implement EUR 2.3 million project rehabilitating the water towers of Kenya

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A new three-year intervention to rehabilitate the Northern Mau Forest at the cost of EUR 2.3 million is set to deliver multiple benefits for Kenya and the region. The Mau Forest isn’t just the largest mountain forest in Kenya. It is the largest in all of Eastern Africa. In Kenya,...

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Climate change may push Andean species skyward

Climate change may push Andean species skyward

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A new study led by researchers at Duke University has identified and mapped hundreds of endemic plant and animal species across 17,000 miles of east-facing Andean uplift, a section ranging through Bolivia and Peru. It found that only 20 percent of areas with the highest levels of biodiversity are protected...

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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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