A University of Colorado Boulder team is partnering with the United States Agency for International Development to assess snow and glacier contributions to water resources originating in the high mountains...

Sharing research-based knowledge and promoting innovation are unprecedentedly critical for effective climate change mitigation and adaptation programmes worldwide, particularly in developing countries. This was the focus of the two-day conference...

As part of the three-year collaborative Landscape for People, Food and Nature Initiative, the new Landscapes Blog has now been launched. The Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, which...

The World Economic Forum (WEF) held its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, from 25-29 January 2012, gathering industry, business, government and other world leaders to discuss current issues. UN Secretary-General...

The SRI method was developed in the 1980s by the French Jesuit priest Henri de Laulanié. Challenging traditional rice production, SRI farmers transplant young seedlings with greater spacing on soil...

The numbers of mountain gorillas, Sumatran orangutans, wild tigers and snow leopards are gradually declining - with hunting and habitat loss just some of the reasons that these animals are...

UNESCO is one of our most prestigious members, and we have asked Marc Patry from the World Heritage Centre what the Convention envisages for mountains. How is UNESCO ensuring protection...

The Côte d’Ivoire component of the transboundary Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, inscribed onto the list of UNESCO World Heritage in Danger, has been awarded a Rapid Response Facility (RRF)...

Due to climate change, malaria and other diseases may shift to higher altitudes, says a draft Action Plan for Climate Change recently compiled in India. Warming climate and variable precipitation...

The fifth World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2012 opened in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), on 16 January 2012. The first day of this four-day event was organized around...

2012 International Conference on Geological and Environmental Sciences(ICGES 2012) will be held from 29 to 30 June 2012 on Jeju Island (South Korea). ICGES 2012 is the premier forum for...

Since 2003, DISCCRS has hosted symposia for early-career researchers to catalyze formation of interdisciplinary collegial networks, while fostering skills to better prepare graduates to conduct collaborative research and respond to...

Looking to collaborate with 200 schools around the country and reach out to around 1,000,000 students is the first initiative of Nepal-based ECI (Earth Child Institute). Launched on 21 January,...

A team of scientists led by Sir John Beddington, Britain’s chief scientific advisor, is urging that agriculture be a top priority in climate change negotiations, saying it’s vital for global...

This joint EU-DFID programme should help the Government of Nepal to integrate climate change considerations into its development planning, as well as in its implementation of concrete measures at the...

Researchers at the Chengdu-based Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, have revealed that the amount of water entering the Yangtze River near its...

Apa Sherpa, who has climbed Mount Everest a record 21 times, together with two-time Everest climber Dawa Steven Sherpa, will trek 1,700 km along some of the world's highest mountains...

A new study says that a warming climate is having a more profound effect on the world's mountainvegetation than previously believed and that some alpine meadows could vanish altogether within...

The latest CIPRA background report on "Water in climate change" has been released. The publication includes reports showing the effects from climate change to water utility, as well as political...

The zero-draft of the outcome document for Rio+20 Conference is now online with a paragraph (n. 94) dedicated to mountains. The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) Conference will...