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#6467

International Mountain Day

11 December 2024, New York, United States of America

Meeting
#6446

International Day of Forests

21 March 2024, New York, United States of America

Meeting
#6305

International Mountain Day

11 December 2023, New York, United States of America

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#6235

International Mountain Day

11 December 2022, Rome, Italy

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#134184
2022-04-25

Iwan DenIwan Dento, ‘hero’ of South Sulawesi’s karst mountainsto, ‘hero’ of South Sulawesi’s karst mountains

Forty-two kilometers, or about 26 miles, north of the bustling port city of Makassar in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province, undulating karst formations dominate the landscape.

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#132897
2022-02-03

Mt. Everest’s highest glacier is a sentinel for accelerating ice loss

The worldwide retreat of mountain glaciers in recent decades is well documented1 and the resulting loss of water storage capacity for agriculture, hydropower, and both human and ecosystem consumption have significant impacts on the 250 million people living near mountain glaciers2.

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#132504
2022-01-14

Malaysia: Buddhist monks fight to protect mountain home

A cool breeze sweeps through the Dhamma Sakyamuni Monastery. Sitting cross-legged on the polished stone floor, monks meditate silently under the gaze of a Buddha painted gold. Above them, stalactites hang from the rough limestone ceiling.

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#132187
2021-12-15

Rebuild more sustainable tourism in mountains for people and the planet

The world’s mountains have long attracted visitors for their scenic beauty, sports opportunities and rich cultural heritage. And for many rural mountain communities, tourism is a lifeline. It can increase household incomes, enhance job opportunities and revitalise local traditions.

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#6118
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#131264
2021-10-28

The Himalayas

The Himalayas are the greatest mountain system in Asia and one of the planet’s youngest mountain ranges, that extends for more than 2,400km across the nations of Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.

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#131153
2021-10-26

Rescued from extinction, bison rediscover Romania mountains

Hoof prints in the mud, tree bark nibbled away: even if the newest residents of Romania's Carpathian mountain forest shy away from visitors, their traces are there for those who know where to look.

Meeting
#6133

3rd Carpathian Network of Protected Areas (CNPA) Conference

29 - 30 September 2021, Visegrad, Hungary

Meeting
#6114

31st Session North American Forest Commission (NAFC) - FAO

20 - 24 September 2021, Oaxaca, Mexico

News Headlines
#130369
2021-09-13

Myanmar’s snowcapped north is a haven for large mammals, new study finds

The Hkakaborazi landscape at the northern tip of Myanmar is dominated by precipitous snowcapped peaks that tower over rainforest-cloaked slopes and valleys below. Rugged and remote, the region is home to Southeast Asia’s highest mountain, Hkakabo Razi, which rises to 5,881 meters (19,295 feet) c ...

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#129944
2021-08-13

Tanzania: Lion-Free Arusha Park is Also Home to Mount Meru

Nestled between Mount Meru and Mount Kilimanjaro is the Arusha National Park. It is dominated by Meru, 4,566 metres above sea level, the second highest mountain in Tanzania.

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#129251
2021-06-11

Conservationists want to bring wily wolverines back to the Rockies

In 2002, on a cold March night in Wyoming's Teton Range, a young wolverine slipped inside what looked like a miniature log cabin in search of a meaty morsel and heard the dull thud of a log door dropping shut. The young male settled into the cozy leaves lining the bottom of his log cabin to slee ...

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#129252
2021-06-11

Finally, second trip to Udzungwa National Park... 20 years later

I recently went on my second trip to Udzungwa National Park after my first visit about 20 years ago. I was not able to trek the mountain park then.

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#128926
2021-05-31

Biodiversity boosting: Table Mountain receives R20 million in French funding

Biodiversity in South Africa is receiving a much-needed boost.As per News24, a bipartite agreement has been signed as of yesterday, Sunday 30 May. The agreement outlines a partnership between South Africa and France which aims to spearhead environmental diplomatic measures for both countries.

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#128704
2021-05-20

Less forest, more species: Declining biodiversity in Tibet in response to climate change

Normally, mountain forests are among the most diverse habitats in alpine regions. Yet, as a team from the Alfred Wegener Institute discovered in the Tibetan Plateau, the higher, treeless areas are home to far more species. Their findings, which were just published in the journal Nature Communica ...

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#128660
2021-05-17

The incredible return of Griffon vulture to Bulgaria's Eastern Balkan Mountains

Fifty years after presumably becoming extinct as a breeding species in Bulgaria, the Griffon vulture, one of the largest birds of prey in Europe, is back in the Eastern Balkan Mountains.

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#128613
2021-05-14

'Crazy botanist' safeguards biodiversity along Yangtze River

In the mountains along China's longest river, the Yangtze, about 1,256 species of rare plants have entered botanist Huang Guiyun's rescue radar in the past three decades.

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#128487
2021-05-07

Wawu Mountain in SW China ramps up biodiversity protection

Wawu Mountain in southwest China's Sichuan Province has ramped up its biodiversity conservation efforts. Located in Hongya County, Meishan City in Sichuan, the mountain has rich wildlife resources and is a key area for global biodiversity conservation.

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#128472
2021-05-06

What to expect from the rewilding of Italy’s largest mountain range

Italy’s largest mountain range is the latest focus of an ambitious “nature corridors” project aimed at elevating the area’s biodiversity.

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#128274
2021-04-27

Mining and logging threaten a wildlife wonderland on a Philippine mountain

Rising 2,064 meters, or nearly 6,800 feet, above sea level, Mount Busa is the tallest peak in the Philippines’ Sarangani province and home to one of the last verdant primary forests on the southern island of Mindanao.

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#128213
2021-04-22

In Peru, pre-Columbian canals offer hope against drought

In the mountains of western Peru, a farming community is restoring a network of stone canals built more than a millennium ago, hoping the pre-Columbian technology holds the solution to its water problems.

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#127218
2021-02-19

India's glacier disaster highlights Himalayan dangers

Long before this month's deadly flash flood in a remote Indian Himalayan valley, Kundan Singh Rana knew that all the construction work in the fragile region would one day mean disaster.

News Headlines
#127112
2021-02-16

Ferns in the mountains

Earth is home to millions of known species of plants and animals, but by no means are they distributed evenly. For instance, rainforests cover less than 2 percent of Earth's total surface, yet they are home to 50 percent of Earth's species. Oceans account for 71 percent of Earth's total surface ...

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#126655
2021-01-19

Protecting Table Mountain’s Rich Biodiversity Is Everyone’s Responsibility

South Africa is home to some of the world’s most diverse flora and fauna. Indigenous plant life includes some 23 000 species of flowering plants (including 728 species of trees) and more than 900 species of bird, representing 22 of the world’s living orders.

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#126207
2020-12-14

Mountain Biodiversity: Holding the weight of life on earth

11th December has been dedicated to the mountains by the world body, the United Nations Organisation (UNO) in the year 1992. In the right earnest the day has been regularly and consistently celebrated across the world from 1993 with different themes in order to high light the different issues co ...

Meeting
#5989

International Mountain Day 2020

11 December 2020, New York, United States of America

News Headlines
#126171
2020-12-11

Vulnerability of mountain peoples to food insecurity: updated data and analysis of drivers

Mountain people among the world’s hungriest as biodiversity loss and climate change take their toll International Mountain Day 2020 highlights need to protect ecosystems and improve livelihoods.

News Headlines
#126173
2020-12-11

International Mountain Day 2020: UN stresses need for sustainable management of biodiversity; all you need to know

On this day, people can organise an event among their friends and community to discuss and spread awareness about the conservation of mountains.

News Headlines
#126174
2020-12-11

Interernational Mountain Day: World's Highest Post Office In The Himalayas.

India is proud of the majestic Himalayas, its fascinating landscapes, snow capped peaks and unique mountain biodiversity. The Himalayas or other mountain ranges in the world have attracted climbers for years. International Mountain Day is celebrated every year on December 11.

News Headlines
#126175
2020-12-11

Mountains matter for biodiversity

December 11 is marked every year as the United Nations (UN) International Mountain Day (IMD). This year's theme is ‘Mountains Matter for Biodiversity’, and it is aimed to refresh our pledge protecting mountain biodiversity.

News Headlines
#126176
2020-12-11

Halting the loss of mountain biodiversity

The caterpillar fungus was once an abundant resource in the Himalaya. Over-harvesting and exploitation over the decades have pushed it to the brink of extinction. In the past 15 years, its population is estimated to have declined by 30 percent across the region due to over-harvesting.

News Headlines
#126134
2020-12-10

International Mountains Day: Decoding importance of mountains on our planet's health

Celebrate this International Day 2020 with your community and friends preparing an event or joining the conversation on social media using the hashtag #MountainsMatter

News Headlines
#126136
2020-12-10

Cloud Forests: Narrow Bands of Biodiversity Filled With Mist, Fog and Mystery

Hiking through the montane cloud forests of New Caledonia’s Mount Panié, fog often blinded Center for International Forestry Research director general Robert Nasi from seeing his own outstretched hands.

News Headlines
#126139
2020-12-10

International Mountain Day | Various activities to celebrate the biodiversity, adventure on Dec 11-12

With an aim to protect the mountain biodiversity, the Tourism Department Kashmir and Adventure Tour Operators Association of Kashmir (ATOAK) in association with J&K Mountaineering & Hiking Club JKMHC, J&K Ski Mountaineering Association JKSMA and J&K Mountain Biking Association JKMBA is celebrati ...

News Headlines
#126132
2020-12-09

International Mountain Day 2020: Theme, Rare Photos And Facts

International Mountain Day 2020: Mountains are some of the most fascinating landscapes in the world. Snow capped peaks of the majestic Himalayas or other mountain ranges have attracted climbers from across the world for years. On International Mountain Day, all mountain and nature lovers engage ...

News Headlines
#126071
2020-12-08

Mt Everest grows by nearly a metre to new height

The world's highest mountain Mount Everest is 0.86m higher than had been previously officially calculated, Nepal and China have jointly announced. Until now the countries differed over whether to add the snow cap on top. The new height is 8,848.86m (29,032 ft). China's previous official measurem ...

Meeting
#5988

World Soil Day 2020

5 December 2020, Rome, Italy

News Headlines
#125830
2020-11-24

Iranian mountains: a great place to see plants you never have seen before

Iran is a mountainous country harboring an extraordinary vascular flora including many rare and endemic plant species in the alpine zone. The importance of mountain biodiversity for the whole of humanity triggers the necessary changes both in attitude and behavior required to secure mountain bio ...

News Headlines
#125710
2020-11-16

Tanzania: Udzungwa Mountains National Park Has 400 Bird, 2,500 Plant Species

UDZUNGWA Mountains National Park is a national park in Tanzania with a size of 1,990km2. The habitats contained within the national park include tropical rainforest, mountain forest, miombo woodland, grassland and steppe. There is a vertical height range of 250-2,576 metres (the peak of Lohomero ...

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#6014
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#6008
Meeting
#6007

Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity (FAO)

1 - 3 June 2020, Rome, Italy

Meeting
#6025

15th session of the UN Forum on Forests

4 - 8 May 2020, New York, United States of America

Meeting
#5967

International Day of Forests 2020

21 March 2020, New York, United States of America

News Headlines
#124140
2020-02-13

France restricts Mont-Blanc access to protect mountain

President Emmanuel Macron is to announce measures today to restrict access to Mont-Blanc, to guard against unscrupulous summit attempts, and to protect the biodiversity of the mountain.

News Headlines
#123614
2020-01-09

Abandoning Pastures Reduces The Biodiversity Of Mountain Streams

After a detailed topographic analysis, Eurac Research´s ecologists identified 15 stretches of streams throughout South Tyrol that flow into four distinct categories of land cover: rocky terrain (slightly over 2000m), pastures at high altitudes (around 2000m), conifer woodlands (around 1500/1600m ...

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#123410
2019-12-12

Mountain futures biodiversity and livelihoods innovations centre opens in honghe county

We interviewed American scientist Ed Grumbine, one of the international researches who is working on the Mountain Futures Biodiversity and Livelihoods Innovations Centre in Honghe and a longtime visitor and resident of Yunnan. He is a professor of environmental policy with an academic focus on p ...

News Headlines
#123411
2019-12-12

Can You Imagine A Costa Rica Without Mountains?

The 'International Mountain Day' is celebrated on December 11th which is why today we bring you an article about their importance for both human beings, animals, plants and the entire terrestrial ecosystem. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is the body responsible ...

News Headlines
#123429
2019-12-12

Feature: Mountains accord Namibian youth wellness, business opportunities

Mountains in Namibia's capital Windhoek have not only accorded city youth wellness, but also drive innovation and business prosperity. Some years back, Nico Sombeyo, a youth from Windhoek, was unfit and diagnosed with high cholesterol. He was thwarted. A medical doctor had advised him to change ...

Meeting
#5868

International Mountain Day 2019

11 December 2019, New York, United States of America

News Headlines
#123375
2019-12-11

World marks International Mountain Day with an emphasis on youth

International Mountains Day is being observed today across the world to raise awareness about the importance of mountains. Adopted in 1992, International World Mountain Day is celebrated every year on December 11, with each year focusing on a different theme.

News Headlines
#122213
2019-09-13

Earth’s Stunning Biodiversity is a Puzzle Worth Exploring

Life on Earth is amazingly diverse, and exhibits striking geographical global patterns in biodiversity. A pair of companion papers published September 13th in Science reveal that mountain regions—especially those in the tropics—are hotspots of extraordinary and baffling richness. Although mounta ...

News Headlines
#122225
2019-09-13

Tropical mountain rivers are where the magic happens

Large tropical mountain river systems aren't getting the respect they deserve—at least not when it comes to research and conservation.

News Headlines
#122207
2019-09-12

Why is Earth so Biologically Diverse? Mountains Hold the Answer

Life on Earth is amazingly diverse, and much of this diversity lies in a rich variety of geographical patterns. What determines these global patterns has been a puzzle for scientists since the days of famed scientists Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin. Yet, despite two centuries of resea ...

News Headlines
#122116
2019-09-04

Coffee helps protect Uganda's endangered mountain gorillas

Poor communities in Bwindi national park have long depended on what the forest can provide. But with gorillas under threat, coffee now offers a more sustainable living.

News Headlines
#121890
2019-08-14

South America’s Glaciers May Have a Bigger Problem Than Climate Change

Massive layers of ice cover some of the continent’s rich copper deposits. Uncovering those minerals threatens to hasten their demise.

News Headlines
#121647
2019-07-19

Meet UN Environment’s new Mountain Hero Malcolm Wood

“We’re excited to announce that Malcolm Wood is the first paraglider, entrepreneur and environmental film-maker to join UN Environment Programme’s campaign, Mountain Heroes,” says UN Environment mountain ecosystem expert Matthias Jurek.

News Headlines
#121494
2019-07-05

Kenya launches strategy to restore shrinking population of mountain bongo

NANYUKI, Kenya, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Kenya on Monday launched a comprehensive strategy to restore the population of mountain bongos amid risk of extinction linked to poaching, habitat loss, diseases and attack by large predators.

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#121445
2019-07-02

Loss of deep-soil water triggered forest die-off in Sierra Nevada

July 2 (UPI) -- Trees in the alpine forests of California's Sierra Nevada mountain range suffered a massive die-off as a result of the loss of deep-soil water, according to a new study.

News Headlines
#121425
2019-06-28

Protecting the Sierra Tarahumara, a biodiversity hot spot

The shy and elusive neotropical otter is widely distributed in Latin America, but it is hardly spotted.

News Headlines
#121359
2019-06-20

Glacial melt rates in the Himalayas have more than doubled since 2000

June 19 (UPI) -- Global warming is shrinking the glaciers in the Himalayas. According to a new survey, glaciers in the region have lost roughly a vertical foot and a half of ice.

News Headlines
#121143
2019-05-22

Spain And France Step Up Coordinated Action To Conserve Biodiversity Of Pyrenees

Spain and France will continue working together to help conserve the biodiversity of the Pyrenees, following the coordination meeting held at the headquarters of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition (Spanish acronym: MITECO) last week.

News Headlines
#120827
2019-04-24

Mountainous regions suffer biodiversity loss

[DAR ES SALAAM] Climatic changes and human activities such as land tilling on dry lowlands of tropical mountains have caused huge losses of plant and animal species, a study says.

News Headlines
#119972
2019-02-15

Biodiversity of Hindu Kush Himalayas will plummet by 2100

It’s not just the snow and ice that’s disappearing on the roof of the world. Animals and plant species, crop diversity and ecosystem diversity are disappearing in one of the world’s richest biodiversity hotspots. This is the evidence presented in the landmark ICIMOD assessment report on the sta ...

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#119268
2019-01-07

“I’m proud to have brought the rain back”: reforestation revives Cambodian mountains

During the 12th century, people came to Cambodia’s Kulen mountain, a sacred place associated with fertility, to cut huge chunks of stone that would have to be hauled down by elephants.

Meeting
#5803

International Mountain Day 2018

11 December 2018, New York, United States of America

News Headlines
#118967
2018-12-11

As forest lines invade mountains globally, Sikkim stays immune so far

In eastern Himalayas’ Khangchendzonga National Park (KNP), eye-catching Wight’s rhododendron shrubs and graceful firs, frame the upper limits of the sub-alpine forests.

News Headlines
#118971
2018-12-11

Sustainable development and conservation

December 11 is globally celebrated as the International Mountain Day (IMD). It reminds us every year the shameless actions we have been taking over the decades that ruined the nature and natural resources hosted by the mountains.

News Headlines
#118974
2018-12-11

Extreme weather menacing lives, livelihoods of mountain people

In the dark hours before dawn each day, Mrs Saili and her three daughters quietly slip away from their Nepalese mountain village to begin their three-hour walk to the nearest river to fetch drinking water for the day.

News Headlines
#118975
2018-12-11

Lofty peaks: why glaciers matter

International Mountain Day on 11 December reminds us of the importance of mountains (peaks and uplands) as providers of valuable plant and animal species, as homes for indigenous peoples, and as sources of fresh water.

News Headlines
#118978
2018-12-11

On World Mountain Day, looking at climate change adaptation in some of the world most majestic ranges

Nairobi, 11 December 2018 – Mountain regions occupy about one-quarter of the earth’s land surface and are home to 15% of the world’s population.

News Headlines
#118951
2018-12-10

How a Warming Himalaya Will Affect the Monsoons

On the sidelines of an intergovernmental conference on cooperation among HKH countries, The Wire spoke to Shrestha about the science of climate change, its impact in the mountains, the shifting monsoon and how governments should respond.

News Headlines
#118963
2018-12-10

International Mountain Day 2018: What's this year's theme and why we need to protect mountains

They serve as spectacular backdrops to some of the world’s most scenic areas, and once a year the United Nations marks our appreciation of them with International Mountain Day.

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#5634

International Mountain Day 2017

11 December 2017, Rome, Italy

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#5653
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#5698
Meeting
#5487

International Mountain Day

11 December 2015, Rome, Italy

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