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Take part in the selection of themes of the World Water Development Reports 6 and 7

Until 2012, the UN World Water Development Report was published every three years. From 2014 on, the WWDR will become an annual report, with a thematic focus and a standardized structure, and it will include data and case study annexes. It will be a 100-page annual report, which will be accompanied by a synthesis report published every five years. The Theme for the WWDR5 that...

MRD: Call for papers on "Land Acquisition in Mountains: Implications for Sustainable Development"

n recent years, large-scale land acquisition by private and public investors has been a dynamic and much debated trend, often triggering extensive land use changes. From a mountain community perspective, it is timely to explore whether this trend and debate have any relevance to sustainable mountain development and if so, how to tackle the challenges involved and learn from good practices. MRD...

Mountains Under Watch 2013: Observing climate change affects in the Alps

Mountains Under Watch (MUW13) is an interdisciplinary conference that aims at bringing together scientists and experts working in the diverse fields of climate change studies in mountain areas around the world. The specific goal of the conference is to share experiences, methods and strategies for long term...

Announcement Swiss-Austrian Alliance and Mountain Days

The wind of change is blowing in the Swiss and Austrian Alps! The refreshing breeze was induced by the Memorandum of Understanding on ‘Research collaboration in the Alps’ that has been signed by the Swiss State Secretary for Education and Research and the Austrian Minister for Science and Research in Fall 2011. Lets capitalize on the concentrated forces and embrace...

EMICT-Forum: European Mountain ICT Forum comming soon

The EMICT-Forum has gathered 120 mountain stakeholders, at Seynod (near Annecy, High Savoyen), in the French Alps, on November 9th and 10th, 2011.

A large proportion of elected representatives from European mountain areas have been there. Union bodies and, local and European associations fighting for the e-inclusion of mountain territories have also been represented. Academic experts...

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

Conference Focus

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-...

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