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International Friends of Nature was founded in 1895 with the aims of nature protection and social rights for teh workers movement. It is now an worldwide active organiation mainly working in the fields of Sustainable Development, Regional Development and tourism.
The work of the WMPA is motivated by three major objectives:
- to make mountains understood in an international arena and at the level of each country and continent
- to organise North-South and South-South exchange and co-operation between mountain territories and populations, in order to share knowledge, means and experiences
- to support and develop the local initiatives of the association’s...
This company for applied information technology was founded as a service company for geoinformation. Since 1999 we have realized various services at first hand: consulting, projecting, development, distribution, and maintenance of software and different solutions within the range of spatial information technologies and project- and product-oriented system development focused mainly on...
The Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) is a cross-cutting research network of DIVERSITAS with the task to explore and explain the great biological richness of the mountains of the world. GMBA synthesizes the often hidden and fragmented results of research on mountain biodiversity and advocates studies on the human influence on natural and cultural landscapes in the mountains.
The global mountain program aims to bring together the resources of the CGIAR and partners to conduct research to support sustainable mountain development as stated in Agenda 21 Chapter 14. The strength is to link capacity of the CGIAR to support chapter 13 on agriculture with those of commitments to chapter 14. The program supports inter-center research in thematic actions areas:
1. Rural-Urban...
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Activism, public policy for mountains
The Mountain Institute's mission is to advance mountain cultures and preserve mountain environments. Core initiatives include (1) conserving high priority ecosystems in the Andes, Appalachians and Himalaya mountain ranges, (2) promoting environmentally and culturally sustainable livelihoods for mountain communities, and (3) supporting the Mountain Agenda through advocacy, education and...
Internews is an Islamabad-based independent news and research organization, aimed primarily at print and electronic media outside this region.
Another significant aspect of our service includes special commissioned reports or analyses, requested by the client. Should you require reports or analyses on any issue regarding Pakistan, Afghanistan or the surrounding region, Internews can oblige with...
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Organisation aims:
Actively committed to the development of a culture of peace and better living for world peace by cooperating in the humanitarian fields of health, education, the environment, spirituality and preservation of indigenous cultures, engaged in voluntary service in support of the United Nations programmes devoted to helping developing countries towards self-sustainability.
