Events
The goal of the Alpine Space Project “ALPSTAR, Toward Carbon Neutral Alps – Make Best Practice Minimum Standard”, is to achieve climate neutrality in the Alps by 2050. At the initial conference on 27th and 28th October 2011 in Chambéry participants will discuss the policy requirements on energy, transport and the economy in order to reach climate neutrality in the Alps. Concepts for good climate...
Theme: Mapping the progress of digital scholarship and curation in Africa: measuring Africas readiness and progressAfrica is on the path of embracing new technologies, in government, academia and business. There is also significant investment in the laying of terrestrial and extra-terrestrial networks in the African data market. All this attests to the fact that Africa is...
Ecotourism in Brazil presents a unique situation, being an activity which has been growing since the 80's and has been almost entirely been built from the consumer market internal movement. Apparently, it differs from many emerging or third world other countries in relation to this growing, since it does not focus its products to foreign markets. Despite the fact that ecotourism activities are...
Call for PapersAbstracts for presentations and posters are invited by 16 September 2011 to be submitted against the sessions and key events described on the conference website.CONFERENCE OUTLINE:View preliminary conference programmeDay 1: State of the planet: the latest knowledge about the pressures on the planetDay 2: Options and opportunities: exchanging knowledge about ways of reducing the...
The conference is a collaborative initiative of ICIMOD and UNEPTo bring together major institutions and stakeholders working in areas of green economy, sustainable mountain development, and climate change to share information, network, and develop future strategic alliances to enhance a common understanding on the role of the mountains in the green economy. To create a platform and build a...
Applied geosciences and environmental sciences related to Afghanistan and neighboring countries
They welcome all types of papers related to geosciences, environmental sciences, and geomechanics related to Afghanistan and the neighboring countries. Papers must be original contributions. The following are planned topics for symposia:
• General Geology of Afghanistan
• Mineral Resources and Mines of...
Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 2011 promises to be the forestry event of the year in Asia and the Pacific. The overarching theme of the week is “New Challenges – New Opportunities”.
Asia Pacific Forestry Week will bring together a large number of events and stakeholders under a single roof to deal comprehensively with forestry-related issues; thereby capturing synergies across a range of forestry...
2nd ICMED, officially organized by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), State Forestry Administration of China (SFAC), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and International Geography Union (IGU).
The theme of 2012 ICMED is Concern for The Mountains and Support for Our Future, embodied by five topics: 1)Climate change and mountain environment evolution; 2)Mountain environment...
The International.Mountain.Summit is an independent international platform which discusses, celebrates and casts a new light on the mountains in all their different facets. As diverse as their admirers and climbers, the mountains are both living space for people and a habitat for nature. At the same time, they have significant market potential and offer individual challenges. Being one of nature...
The CAMP network agencies, under the support of Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany (BMU) and Mountain Partnership, initiate holding a Forum for sustainable development of Central Asian Communities ‘“Mountain Green Product – challenges and opportunities for mountain communities of Central Asia” on 28-30 September, 2011 in Kyrgyzstan. The network...