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The newest issue of Mountain Research and Development (MRD)—Vol 36, No 2—is now available online and open access. In this Focus Issue, several papers address modernization and sustainable development, showing that development in mountains can take up positive aspects of modernization—eg...
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Over the past decade, the number of undernourished people around the world has declined by around 167 million, to just under 800 million people. However, this positive trend glosses over a stark reality: Food insecurity is increasing in the world’s mountains. This pattern has been under-...
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Nepalese NGO Mountain Legacy has just announced the selection of Peruvian engineer César Augusto Portocarrero Rodríguez to receive the next Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal. The award will be presented in Kathmandu on December 11, International Mountain Day. César Portocarrero has...
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FAO and the European Union back new project aimed at mitigating conflicts. Colombia will deploy responsible land tenure principles to secure the rights of indigenous communities living in protected natural areas, buoyed by support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...
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