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Wild Rodopi is an independent Bulgarian NGO conducting wildlife research and conservation projects in the Rhodope (Rodopi) Mountains. As well as collecting biological records and monitoring the exceptionally rich biodiversity of the Rhodope Mountains, we also work for the preservation of rural heritage in the region, acknowledging the crucial role that non-intensive...
Lecco : la ville pose les jalons d’une politique urbaine durable
Lecco a inauguré le 5 avril son année de Ville des Alpes. Une délégation du Parlement des Jeunes de la Convention alpine était présente. Jeunes et représentants des Villes des Alpes ont lancé des initiatives communes pour un avenir durable dans les Villes alpines.
« Le titre de Ville des...
On 8-19 April, the UN Forum on Forest 10 (UNFF) will gather the world community to focus on some of the pressing issues at stake to secure healthy forests worldwide. Jan McAlpine, Director of the UN Forum on Forest Secretariat, shared some of her hopes for this major event and beyond, in an exclusive DESA News interview.
Forests cover one third of the Earth’s land mass,...
Sustainable Agriculture and the World Food System | 11-25 August 2013 | Rheinau, Switzerland
The ETH Zurich World Food System Center is pleased to announce the call for applications for this year’s summer school on “Sustainable Agriculture and the World Food System”. The two week intensive academic program will be hosted on the Gut Rheinau, one of Switzerlands largest organic farms...
The sixth IPROMO training programme on sustainable mountain development will take place 12-22 July in Ormea, Italy, jointly organized by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat at the Food and Agriculture Organization and...
How can mountains contribute to EU 2020 Goals? How will investment in mountain areas lead to successful achievement of the 11 common strategic framework priorities?
Today, when snowy Brussels is experiencing the daily winter life of many mountain people, Euromontana is happy to communicate the first output of the « Toward Mountains 2020 » process.
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This issue of MRD examines adaptive capacity in hill farming, institutional and ecological aspects of rangeland management, geospatial selection of reforestation areas, effects of air pollution and other abiotic conditions on mountain forests, improved vegetation classification, downscaling of climate projections, land surface temperature assessment, and effects of weather on glacial debris...
Mountain Research and Development (MRD) and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) invite well-validated and sound analyses of approaches to and conditions for initiating gender-positive transformation in mountain environments. Abstracts are due by 15 April 2013, full papers by 1 September 2013.
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The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is a not-for-profit association formed in 2004 in response to the urgent and pressing global call for sustainably produced palm oil. The objective of this association is to promote the growth and use of sustainable oil palm products through credible global standards and the engagement of a wide range of stakeholders. The RSPO brings together...
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