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23 - 27 October, Washington D.C., United States
GEO Week 2017 will bring together the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) community to promote and explore the role, applications, and opportunities for using earth observations (EO) to deliver Insight for a changing world. With a focus on delivery and impact, this event will explore the use and applications of EO in both the public and private sectors.
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Mountain Research and Development, Vol 37, No 3: Mountain Forests and the SDGs
For this issue, guest editors G. Gratzer and W. Keeton invited researchers to reflect on the role of mountain forests in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Papers cover gender issues in Ethiopian agroforestry, the impact of migration on gender relations in forest user groups in Nepal, the profitability of small-scale mountain farm forestry in Austria, the impact of rubber on the rural economy in China, a throughfall-exclusion experiment in a forest area in Bhutan, and the resilience of mountain forests to disturbance scenarios in India.
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Under the framework of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) and assessment cycle, there are several developments and opportunities for the MRI and its mountain research community to participate and make important contributions on the state of knowledge regarding climate change in mountain regions. Here is a recap:
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Pons, D.; Taylor, M.; Griffin, D.; Castellanos, E.; Anchukaitis, K. (2017): On the Production of Climate Information in the High Mountain Forests of Guatemala. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Volume 107, doi:10.1080/24694452.2016.1235481
Carey, M.; Molden, O.; Borg Rasmussen, M.; Jackson, M.; Nolin, A.; Mark, B. (2017): Impacts of Glacier Recession and Declining Meltwater on Mountain Societies. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Volume 107, doi:10.1080/24694452.2016.1243039
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#MountainsMatter video contest
Win a trip to Rome to see your video shown at the International Mountain Day concert!
To bring attention to the plight of mountains for International Mountain Day (11 December), we are asking you to make a one-minute video on the theme of ‘Mountains under pressure: climate, hunger, migration’ for the #MountainsMatter video contest.
Two winners will receive a trip to Rome to attend the International Mountain Day concert on 11 December. The winning videos will be shown at the concert.
The deadline for entries is 20 October 2017.
More information: www.fao.org/international-mountain-day/video-contest/en/
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17 - 19 April 2018, El Jadida, Morocco
The organizers would like to invite to submit an abstract. The submission deadline for 7th Digital Earth Summit 2018 is approaching: 21 October 2017.
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A SCAR/IASC Conference | Davos – Switzerland | 15 – 26 June 2018
The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research SCAR and the International Arctic Science Committee IASC invite the international polar and high altitude community to their joint meeting POLAR2018, hosted by WSL and SLF in Davos, Switzerland.
Abstract submission deadline: 1 November 2017
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2 - 4 November 2017, Salzburg, Austria
National Parks Austria (www.nationalparksaustria.at) and Hohe Tauern National Park (www.hohetauern.at) would like to encourage you to participate in the 6th International Symposium for Research in Protected Areas 2017 on 2-3 November 2017 in Salzburg, Austria.
For programme details, the registration form and further useful information please visit: www.nationalparksaustria.at/symposium2017
DEADLINE for registration: 4 October 2017
