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PRESS RELEASE: MENA REGIONAL MEETING, MARRAKECH 
REGIONAL INITIATIVE FOR MOUNTAINS AGREED FOR THE MENA...

The position is currently occupied by Mr Tiéga Anada, whose contract finishes in July 2013. 

IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, provides administrative services for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. More information and online application for this post are available on the IUCN website at: ...

For the first time in the history of Mountain Research and Development, an entire issue has been translated. Translation of Vol 32, No 3 into Russian was made possible and carried out by the University of Central Asia’s Mountain Societies Research Centre, who also served as guest editor of this special issue on “Central Asian Mountain Societies in Transition”. Mountain...

The University of Central Asia’s (UCA) Mountain Societies Research Centre (MSRC) and Mountain Partnership Central Asia Hub launched the Sustainable Mountain Development in Central Asia – From Rio 1992 to Rio2012 and beyond Report and a special issue of the journal Mountain Research and Development (MRD) on Central Asian Mountain Societies in...

A new report is available now in the Mountain Pavilion website. This is the "Sustainable Mountain Development Green Economy and Institutions: From Rio 1992 to Rio 2012 and beyond. Global Report 2012 - Final Draft for Rio 2012".

This report presents the key role that mountain societies and resources play in the global green economy. It illustrates the manifold opportunities that mountain...

Mountain societies in Central Asia have experienced systemic economic, political, social, and environmental changes since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, confronting them with accentuated development challenges as well as promising opportunities. This special issue of MRD helps to fill recognized gaps and expose blind spots in knowledge and sustainable development practice for...

TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, works to ensure that trade in wild plants and animals is not a threat to the conservation of nature. TRAFFIC has an enviable reputation as a reliable and impartial organization, a leader in the field of conservation as it relates to wildlife trade. TRAFFIC was established in 1976 and has developed into a global network, research-driven and action-...
In the face of climatic and other socioeconomic changes, most South Asian countries having large and growing population, limited land resources, and increasing water stress face a common challenge of how to grow more food with the same or less land, less water, and increased energy prices. This concept paper seeks deeper understanding of the interlinkages among water, energy, and food, which is...

The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia is pleased to invite you to the side-event “Pro-poor Payment for Ecosystems Services: global knowledge networking”, which will be held during the Rio+20: United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, on 16 June 2012, 13:30-15:00, Room T-3, RioCentro - Rio-De Janeiro, Brazil.

According to the Zero Draft of 2012...

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