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La preservación de los bosques con alta diversidad podría aumentar la captación de carbono de la atmósfera. Es una de las conclusiones a las que ha llegado un estudio liderado por el Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) en el que se han analizado más de 55.000 parcelas en 11 tipos de bosques diferentes en España, Francia, Países Bajos, Suiza y Suecia. Los resultados han sido...
The Russian Federal Forestry Agency and the ECE-FAO Forestry and Timber Section are pleased to announce the organization of the seminar on ‘Forest Products and Technologies for the Future’ to be held at the Saint Petersburg State Technological University of Plant Polymers from 22 to 24 May 2013.
Russia has more than a fifth of the world's forests, which makes it the largest forest...
We are happy to announce that the next and 5th World Forum on Human Rights will be held from wednesday22 to saturday 25 of May 2013 at the Cité Nantes Events Center - France.
Under the heading « Sustainable development – Human Rights: a common struggle? », the Forum 2013 will address the issue of sustainable development in...
The Mountain Research Initiative invites you to participate in its Key Contact Workshop for mountain researchers of all disciplines.
MRI provide a setting that stimulates interdisciplinary thinking and that allows peers to take a fresh look at each other's research.
They invite scientists in all stages of their careers and with diverse...
On the occasion of its centenary (1913-2013), the Revue de Géographie Alpine /Journal of Alpine Research (RGA/JAR) is holding a competition for young researchers working in Alpine studies.
PhD, post-doc and master's students are invited to submit scientific papers based on their research. Papers will be evaluated according to standard scientific publishing criteria and a jury...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has released the first in a series of working papers on agroforestry. The guide, titled "Advancing Agroforestry on the Policy Agenda," is aimed at decision makers, NGOs and government agencies to promote the integration of agroforestry into national strategies.
The guide outlines the conditions for,...
The Climate Service Center and the University of Hamburg are jointly organizing “The Hamburg Conference: Actions for Climate Induced Migration”, to be be held in Hamburg on July 16th -18th 2013.
http://www.climate-service-center.de/035152/index_0035152.html.de
The...
The mountain festival IMS presented at the sport fair ISPO Munich 2013 the new title patronage of KIKU and the charity project for the organization IWDR (Ich will da rauf), handing over a cheque of 3.400 Euros.
The International Mountain Summit, which since years takes over the role as initiator within the world of mountains, receives as commonly used for big,...
The XXI edition of the Alpine summer Course is an Italian-French initiative on "Fundamental processes in geophysical fluid dynamics and the climate system" organized each year by the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC) - CNR (Turin, Italy) and by the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) in collaboration with the Ev-K2-CNR Committee. It will take place...
In this Open Issue of MRD, three Mountain Development articles present an approach comparing forest carbon storage with poverty data to ensure environmental and social sustainability of REDD+ interventions in Lao PDR; an analysis of the role of mountain landscapes in sustainable development initiatives in the Italian Alps; and a solar greenhouse...
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