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The Fourth Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership starts today, September 17, in the city of Erzurum (Turkey), where there are around 35 representatives of the countries of the world and more than 100 members, included CONDESAN.
Thomas Hofer, in the welcome session, Acting Coordinator of the Secretariat of the Mountain Partnership (MP for its acronym in English), said that the MP now...
Kathmandu, Nepal
30 September - 4 October 2013
Through its Asia-Pacific Mountain Network (APMN), the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has been engaging youth and building their capacity to bring about positive changes in society through several different initiatives. Since it began in 2009, the global membership of the Youth Engagement in Sustainable...
aming conflict through research and engagement
By Sara Drexler
Throughout the river basins of the world, water management issues have been caused or exacerbated by instances of destructive conflict. On Wednesday, experts gathered at the Stockholm World Water Week session entitled “Water Management and Peacebuilding: Connecting the Local to International Policy” to share...
Find attached the final report from Andy Hall based on his interaction with Basin Leaders and CPWF staff during the Peer Assist in Peru.
WE will also put in CGspace adn the web. Please send out widely to project leaders and others.
We have a page on this on the website and encourage any comments or thoughts..
http://waterandfood.org/2013/08/29/ten...
This Focus Issue of MRD contributes to the International Year of Water Cooperation by presenting knowledge about water governance in mountains—a topic that has received little attention, even though the key role of mountains in providing water for the world’s population is widely acknowledged. MountainDevelopment papers investigate Peruvian communities’ struggles to maintain...
By Luca di Mario and Pay Drechsel
This blog is part of the Agriculture and Ecosystems Blog’s month-long series on Ecosystem Services.
Can you name a highly populated place facing tough natural challenges to ecosystem services? We would say Cairo and Lima, two of the largest cities in the world located in a desert. What better places to focus on in a water research...
We posted Marcela's piece yesterday based on her presentation at the ESP conference. Please view the post here:
http://wle.cgiar.org/blogs/2013/08/27/can-rewards-for-ecosystem-services-close-the-wealth-inequality-gap/
We will promote the post through WLE's communication channels including: LinkedIn, Yammer, Facebook and Twitter. We will also include it in our...
We are pleased to announce to you start of the 3rd batch of our blended
learning programme on ‘Climate Change’ from 13th September 2013 together
with the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), and the
World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC).
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From: Wouter Buytaert
While our legal team is working on the consortium agreement, I have spoken to the ESPA programme coordinators about starting our project. They expressed a preference for starting as early as possible and to request a no-cost extension if necessary. In this light, I suggest a revised official starting date of 1 October, to release the funds for those that are...
Lake Poopó’s area has decreased by 50% in the last 25 years, with serious consequences for the populations of resident and migratory waterbirds. The reasons for this decline are still being studied. An Action Plan for the integral management of the Ramsar site is being prepared, based on factors which affect, or could affect, different characteristics of the site. The plan sets out...