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Call For Papers for the 4th International Conference on Climate Change

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The Climate Change Conference is for any person with an interest in, and concern for, scientific, policy and strategic perspectives in climate change. It will address a range of critically important themes relating to the vexing question of climate change. Plenary speakers will include some of the world’s leading...
Institute for Mountain Research: Man and Environment (IGF), Austrian Academy of Sciences
The Institute for Mountain Research: Man and Environment (IGF) at its headquarters in Innsbruck focuses on inter- and transdisciplinary mountain research (montology) in cooperation with international groups of scientists. It also includes GLORIA (http://www.mountainresearch.at/index.php/en/institute/networks.html), the long-term global monitoring network in alpine areas. The institute is part of...
Swiss-Austrian Mountain Days 2013
The Swiss and Austrian Alps are moving closer – at least in terms of research! To foster existing partnerships and to develop new research collaborations between the two Alpine countries, the first Swiss-Austrian Mountain Days will be organized for the mountain research community to capitalize on the Swiss-Austrian Alliance for Mountain Research. The CH–AT Alliance was endorsed by the Swiss State...
New Global Report 2012: Sustainable Mountain Development Green Economy and Institutions

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...

TRAFFIC the wildlife trade monitoring network
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-...
Closing the income gap: Reflections from World Water Week

Back from Stockholm World Water Week, which for its 22nd edition was focused for the first time on “water and food security”, I feel a combination of satisfaction and frustration.

Satisfaction because our findings on sustainable intensification and diversification, as well as benefit-sharing, are at the cutting-edge of solutions being proposed to address...

Training Event: How to Build Resilient Cities for the Future

The training event "How to Build Resilient Cities for the Future" will be held on Wednesday Sept 5th and the World Urban Forum (WUF6) in Naples, Italy. This training session will provide participants with experience using the Climate Resilience Framework to help build resilient cities working with existing local expertise and processes.

Online registration is available through the link:...

So soon, the World Water Week in Stockholm!

From the 26 -31 August 2012, professionals from the scientific, business, policy and civic communities will gather in the capital of Sweden for the Stockholm World Water Week 2012 (SWWW).

The theme for this year is Water and Food Security, an area closely linked to smallholder agriculture and rural development. IFAD will actively participate in the event by hosting...

Migration and climate change in mountain areas

Enclosed you will find a workshop summary, which might be of interest to you.

The workshop on “Migration and climate change in mountain areas”, was co-organised by the University of Neuchâtel (Prof. Etienne Piguet) and the University of Sussex (Prof. Richard Black), held in May 2012.

This workshop aimed to bring together both senior and junior scholars with an...

University of Innsbruck

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