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During a well-attended international event in January 2013, hosted by the Saudi Wildlife Authority at the King Khalid University in Abha, Saudi Arabia, the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) launched its plan to invest $9.8 million over five years in conserving the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot. The hotspot is made up of natural areas stretching from Saudi Arabia to...
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...
" The other day I received an email from Dr. Thomas Hofer, the interim coordinator of the Mountain Partnership Secretariat based at the Rome home office of the Food and Agriculture Organization.
As the focal point in Southeast Asia, I was requested to provide an input for the next United Nations Secretary General Report on sustainable mountain development. Getting...
A new book, "Overheated: The Human Cost of Climate Change" predicts a grim future for billions of people in this century. It is a factual account of a staggering human toll, based on hard data. Author Andrew Guzman, an authority on international law and economics, is a professor and associate dean at UC Berkeley School of Law.
Guzman has studied intractable economic...
Tenemos el agrado de notificarle que la FAO está preparando el Informe del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas sobre el desarrollo sostenible de las regiones montañosas, en colaboración con los gobiernos, las organizaciones pertinentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas y las ONG, que será presentado en el 68º período de sesiones de la Asamblea General de las...
Background
The ICIMOD Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that supports ICIMOD’s activities and efforts. The Foundation’s objective is to make a significant contribution to the stability of the Hindu Kush Himalayan ...
The moors is an emblematic ecosystem: it’s good that it has gained a lot of attention in the last few years and it frequently appears on the front pages as a main part in debates on water and mining. As an Andean society, we take advantage of moors, conserve them, explore them and even live on them. But sometimes we forget that we are not the only ones to have moors. In Central America there...
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