Understanding and quantifying mountain tourism
While mountain tourism has become an increasingly relevant motivation for travel, data on its size and impact remains scarce, a new report from the UN agencies the Food and Agriculture Organization of
Mountain Ecosystems
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Winter Olympic Games venues in China 'pose threat to Beijing nature reserve'
Construction of venues and snow-making may damage mountains that help protect city from dust, smog and drought, concern group says Outdoors enthusiasts have expressed concern that alpine sports venues
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Project aims to promote biodiversity conservation
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Climate Change is implementing a project to promote conservation of biodiversity and strengthen existing conservation efforts by using an innovative market-based mechanism, according
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Climate Change May Shrink the Glaciers of Mount Everest by 70 Percent by 2100
<p>Scientists have taken a closer look at the glaciers on the top of the world in order to better understand what changes they may undergo in the coming decades. It turns out that if greenhouse gas emissions
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Recording Antarctic sea-ice a logistic problem for scientists
SYDNEY: Growing sea ice surrounding Antarctica could prompt scientists to consider relocating research stations on the continent, according to the operations manager of the Australian Antarctic Division.
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Coping with climate change
"Coping with Climate Change”, an e-book from Gene Campaign edited by Suman Sahai, is an information resource which deals with impact of climate change on sectors relevant to rural communities in India.
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Africa Mountains Atlas
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ICIMOD conference to explore holistic solutions on adaptation
International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) on Wednesday announced the title of its upcoming conference: "Mountain people adapting to change: solutions beyond boundaries bridging
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Mountaineers' share in littering Everest on rise
The latest report of the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee has calculated that on an average a mountaineer left behind 65 kg of burnable trash in the Everest region in 2013. In 2012, trash per Everest
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Dr. Harshwanti Bisht, Indian mountaineer and conservationist, wins Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal
"During our [1984 Indian] Everest Expedition we saw how Sir Edmund Hillary has worked in that area. So that also inspired us to work..." (Indian mountain climber and ecologist Harshwanti Bisht, explaining
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Severe environmental damage in Sri Lanka's World Heritage Sri Pada mountain range
Environmentalists in Sri Lanka warn of severe environmental degradation in the island's main catchment area of Sri Pada mountain. They say that the pilgrims who visit the sacred mountain are damaging