A new study led by researchers at Duke University has identified and mapped hundreds of endemic plant and animal species across 17,000 miles of east-facing Andean uplift, a section ranging...
For the first time in our history, more people live in urban vs. rural areas and humans continue to move into cities. Cities have huge impacts on our natural resources....
Rare wheat collected from the “Roof of the World” in the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan; amaranth, barley and once-forgotten forage crops that could sustain livestock in these climatestressed times are...
The 2012 international Planet Under Pressure conference will take place from 26 to 29 March 2012 in London, UK. The conference aims to provide a comprehensive and scientific update on...
A Conference on Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountain Areas will take place from 16 to 18 April 2012 at the Hohenheim University in Stuttgart, Germany. The conference...
The book “Integrated Natural Resource Management in the Highlands of Eastern Africa” has been recently published and is available online for free download. This publication collects research, methodological innovation, and...
A surprising finding comes from a study published in Nature, which claims that the world's largest mountain chain, stretching from the Himalayas to Tian Shan on the border of China...
Recognizing the importance of civil society, the Rio+20 Bureau’s co-chair Ambassador Kim invited Major Groups to submit their amendments to the Rio+20 "Zero draft" outcome at the Bureau meeting with...
The 9 Major Groups of Agenda 21 (Business & Industry, Children & Youth, Farmers, Indigenous Peoples, Local Authorities, NGOs, Scientific & Technological Community, Women, Workers & Trade Union) can give...
The Indo-German project Climate Change Adaptation in Rural Areas of India (CCA RAI, www.ccarai.org), funded by GIZ, is pleased to announce the launch of the book “Adaptation to Climate Change...
A University of Colorado Boulder team is partnering with the United States Agency for International Development to assess snow and glacier contributions to water resources originating in the high mountains...
Sharing research-based knowledge and promoting innovation are unprecedentedly critical for effective climate change mitigation and adaptation programmes worldwide, particularly in developing countries. This was the focus of the two-day conference...
As part of the three-year collaborative Landscape for People, Food and Nature Initiative, the new Landscapes Blog has now been launched. The Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, which...
The World Economic Forum (WEF) held its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, from 25-29 January 2012, gathering industry, business, government and other world leaders to discuss current issues. UN Secretary-General...
The SRI method was developed in the 1980s by the French Jesuit priest Henri de Laulanié. Challenging traditional rice production, SRI farmers transplant young seedlings with greater spacing on soil...
The numbers of mountain gorillas, Sumatran orangutans, wild tigers and snow leopards are gradually declining - with hunting and habitat loss just some of the reasons that these animals are...
UNESCO is one of our most prestigious members, and we have asked Marc Patry from the World Heritage Centre what the Convention envisages for mountains. How is UNESCO ensuring protection...
The Côte d’Ivoire component of the transboundary Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, inscribed onto the list of UNESCO World Heritage in Danger, has been awarded a Rapid Response Facility (RRF)...
Due to climate change, malaria and other diseases may shift to higher altitudes, says a draft Action Plan for Climate Change recently compiled in India. Warming climate and variable precipitation...
The fifth World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2012 opened in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), on 16 January 2012. The first day of this four-day event was organized around...
