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The World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on February 2, in order to remember the importance of wetlands and why must they be preserved and used rationally. On February 2, 1972, the Convention of the Wetlands was adopted in the Iranian city of Ramsar. Since then, the Ramsar convention summons national governments, NGOs and citizens to undertake actions aimed at raising public awareness of...
Guyana court ruling violates indigenous peoples' rightsControversial Court decision favours miners over indigenous peoples as country sinks to new low on double standards on human rights and developmentOn 17 January 2013, the Guyanese High Court ruled in favour of a miner who has a mining concession on titled indigenous lands. The ruling states that miners who obtained mining permits prior to the...
The publication, a summary of the assessment, is available at www.icimod.org/publications/index.php/search/publication/823 and the detailed technical report with all references and the maps produced is available at www.icimod.org/publications/index.php/search/publication/824.As South Asia becomes more and more industrialized, populations are moving from an agrarian lifestyle...
Mountain Studies Institute (MSI) seeks a Research Director to lead, coordinate, and promote research projects for a mountain research and education non-profit based in Silverton, Colorado. The ideal candidate will facilitate the growth of MSI’s research program through collaboration with MSI’s partner institutions, land managers, scientists, and students. PhD (preferred) or masters in a...
5 February, 2013. 10am at The Royal Society - Kohn Center, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, LondonThe Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) and the Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) are pleased to invite you to a panel discussion on the current state of rights and resources around the world, and new analyses on the mounting risks of local land rights insecurity for investment and development.Panelists:Li...
The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) is pleased to announce the publication of the “Information and Communication Management (ICM) - Strategy Development: (i) Faciltators’ Manual and (ii) User's Guide”.The Guide and Manual have been developed to meet a need expressed by agriculture and rural development organisations in African, Pacific and Caribbean (ACP)...
The Himalayas are the greatest mountain range on Earth. The vast sweep of peaks runs for 2,400 km (1,500 miles) crossing or abutting five countries, and separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The chain is also home to the planet’s highest peaks, including Mount Everest.Their name translates from Sanskrit as “abode of the snow”, a name that seems appropriate for the largest...
MRI in the Americas (TCA) is organizing a session titled, "Networks for sustainable monitoring of global environmental change", as part of the at the AGU Americas Meeting, 14-17 May 2013, an event that brings together a diverse group of scientists, educators and students interested in geophysical sciences.We´d like to invite you to participate in this session by...
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 the...
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 project that enhanced food security in Humla, Nepal...