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Do you know what this architectural marvel is?

Have you ever visited a structure that changes every time you go to see it?  

Last year,  when I spent about a month in Ladakh, I had the fortune of seeing the pilot “Ice Stupa” in all of its ever changing glory. Built to combat the...

"Mountains for our future" will be the main theme for the World Mountain Forum 2016
After the second WMF2014 which took place in Cusco, Peru, the WMF 2016 will present an opportunity for mountain stakeholders to share lessons and experiences on past activities in sustainable mountain development and to discuss challenges and opportunities for SMD in the future...
On a shoestring budget, growing fresh tomatoes at 4,500 metres

In the Sacred Valley one development organization is doing things differently to help high-altitude communities help themselves.

Starting in 2010, the Andean Alliance for Sustainable Development...

New York Declaration on Forests - in full

150 world leaders and businesses have pledged to end deforestation by 2030
Forests are essential to our future. More than 1.6 billion people depend on them for food, water, fuel, medicines, traditional cultures and livelihoods.

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National Conference on Climate Change and Environmental Threats: Protecting Lives and Livelihoods of Mountain people

Government of Nepal, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (MoSTE) and KIRDARC Nepal is jointly going to organize “National Conference on Climate Change and Environmental Threats: Protecting Lives and Livelihoods of Mountain people”...

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