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25/01/2012
2012 International Conference on Geological and Environmental Sciences(ICGES 2012) will be held from 29 to 30 June 2012 on Jeju Island (South Korea). ICGES 2012 is the premier forum for...
25/01/2012
Since 2003, DISCCRS has hosted symposia for early-career researchers to catalyze formation of interdisciplinary collegial networks, while fostering skills to better prepare graduates to conduct collaborative research and respond to...
22/01/2012
Looking to collaborate with 200 schools around the country and reach out to around 1,000,000 students is the first initiative of Nepal-based ECI (Earth Child Institute). Launched on 21 January,...
21/01/2012
A team of scientists led by Sir John Beddington, Britain’s chief scientific advisor, is urging that agriculture be a top priority in climate change negotiations, saying it’s vital for global...
18/01/2012
This joint EU-DFID programme should help the Government of Nepal to integrate climate change considerations into its development planning, as well as in its implementation of concrete measures at the...
16/01/2012
Researchers at the Chengdu-based Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, have revealed that the amount of water entering the Yangtze River near its...
14/01/2012
Apa Sherpa, who has climbed Mount Everest a record 21 times, together with two-time Everest climber Dawa Steven Sherpa, will trek 1,700 km along some of the world's highest mountains...
12/01/2012
A new study says that a warming climate is having a more profound effect on the world's mountainvegetation than previously believed and that some alpine meadows could vanish altogether within...
11/01/2012
The latest CIPRA background report on "Water in climate change" has been released. The publication includes reports showing the effects from climate change to water utility, as well as political...
10/01/2012
The zero-draft of the outcome document for Rio+20 Conference is now online with a paragraph (n. 94) dedicated to mountains. The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) Conference will...
06/01/2012
Mount Everest must be put on the United Nations endangered list because of the impacts of climate change, say campaigners urging the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. The initiative is organised...
04/01/2012
The world’s major bilateral donors continue to invest in climate change programming, primarily to comply with the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change US $30 billion Fast Start Finance mechanism...
31/12/2011
“Millions of people in the big cities are drinking water coming from these Central Asian mountains. And most of them, they don’t know where the water is coming from.” .Olman...
29/12/2011
A few days before Christmas, the eastern slope of the Sass Maor has fallen to pieces. Known as one of the major peaks in the Dolomites, the Sass Maor had...
21/12/2011
By 2050 more snow-free ‘black Christmases’ are likely to affect Rovaniemi, capital of the Finnish Lapland and official hometown of Santa Claus, a study led by the Centre for Mountain...
16/12/2011
To coincide with the International Mountain Day, the State Institute for the Environment, Brazil (Instituto Estadual do Ambiente - INEA/SEA-RJ) promoted on 7 December 2011 a public meeting in the...
15/12/2011
IMD 2011 was observed by CEE Himalaya as part of their Paryavaran Mitra program in two districts of Kashmir valley. Two schools - Baby’s Land Public School, Wakura in Ganderbal...
14/12/2011
A “Workshop on Partnerships Best Practices and their contributions to Rio+20” will be held on 14 December 2011 at UN Headquarters in New York, US. It was convened as an initial discussion...
12/12/2011
The MAB-6 Center, based in the Institute of Geography at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, has played a leading role in mountain research and development issues at the...
09/12/2011
Uzbekistan Mountains occupy an area of 96 thousand square kilometers. Therefore, the republic is among the most mountainous regions in the world.