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The Mountain Partnership are pleased to share with you a new tool for calculating forest biomass and forest carbon that has been developed by one of their members, the Food and Agriculture Organization, jointly with the French Research Centre (CIRAD) and Tuscia University (Italy).
The...
This briefing note, published by the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) and Forest Peoples Programme, is intended to develop discussion and thought about the complexity of the challenges of violence against indigenous women and girls. Work being done by...
Christian Devenish participated in the II Meeting of Environmental Researchers in the city of Arequipa, Peru (3 - 5 July 2013), organized by the Environmental Researchers Network, hosted by the Ministry of the Environment. One of the principal objectives of this meeting...
An International Conference on “Green India: Strategic knowledge for combating climate change: Prospects & challenges” (GISKCCC2013) will be held at the Department of Ecology & Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India during December 5-7th , 2013, to explore technical, environmental, economic, financial and institutional challenges and...
The International Hydrological Programme (IHP) is taking the lead to implement UNESCO’s contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation through an intersectoral project entitled "Climate Change Impacts in Major Mountainous Regions of the World: Multidisciplinary Network for Adaptation Strategies (Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe)".
The overall...
A Key Contact Workshop (KCW) is a 1-day event facilitating and fostering the dialogue between scientists with various backgrounds. The three work tools, namely written research summaries, snapshot presentations, and small working groups, stimulate interdisciplinary thinking and allow peers to take a fresh look at your research.
The workshop accommodates a maximum of 24...
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GMBA Workshop on "Integrated assessments for IPBES in the framework of a world-wide high mountain environmental observatory system" at INTECOL conference, London
Wednesday, 21 August 2013, 12:45-14:15, ...
This issue of Farming Matters presents a small sample of the many innovative marketing arrangements being developed by both producers and consumers. These experiences generate substantial employment, and also build local food security and food sovereignty. Yet they are often overlooked by policymakers and mainstream development experts who view them as “niche”...
There will be a special session on "Accelerated Warming at High Elevations: Evidence, Processes, and Future Projections" at the Fall 2013 AGU Meeting in San Francisco (A002 in Atmospheric Sciences).
Deadline for abstract submissions is August 6.
Are mountain regions warming faster than their lower elevation counterparts, and within mountains, is...
Please consider submitting an abstract to the 2013 AGU Session on "Observational Networks of Mountain Social-Ecological Systems"
This session focuses on data capture and integration relative to social-ecological...
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