NOTICIAS E HISTORIAS
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diciembre 4, 2025
Historic moment: Pamir Mountains ice core handed over by Tajikistan for Antarctic preservation
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Integrating mountain priorities into global frameworks
diciembre 4, 2025
In lead up to COP30 Mountain Partnership member Mountain Sentinels, hosted a virtual coffee and discussion ‘The Mountain Agenda and COP30: A coordinated global policy for mountains and youth voices’, featuring insights from the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, the Mountain Youth Hub and ClimaTalk on efforts to bring mountains and youth into global policy discussions. The virtual event was moderated by Julia Klein, Mountain Sentinels.
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Integrating mountain priorities into global frameworks
diciembre 4, 2025
Enhancing climate action for mountain ecosystems and agrifood systems in Europe and Central AsiaOP30.
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UNFCCC COP30 approves dialogue on mountains and climate change in 2026
diciembre 4, 2025
Mountains gained significant recognition from the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, with the announcement of a mandated dialogue on mountains and climate change under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process. This marks another important step forward in integrating the priorities and unique vulnerabilities of mountain regions into global climate policy and action.
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CIP (CGIAR) visits the POTATO PARK
noviembre 20, 2025
Este 20 de noviembre científicos de bancos genéticos de diferentes partes del mundo representados por CGIAR y bancos de germoplasma pudieron catalizar un dialogo sobre los sistemas de conocimientos científicos y sistemas de conocimientos indígenas para asegurar el futuro de la alimentación global.
UNFCCC COP 30 – SIDE-EVENT “The Need to Recognise Environmental Defenders in the UNFCCC Process – Voices from Latin America”
noviembre 14, 2025
Analizamos (1) el papel de los defensores del medio ambiente en la acción climática, la diversidad biocultural y la protección de los derechos humanos en Colombia, Perú y otros países; (2) los retos a los que se enfrentan, entre ellos la minería, las inundaciones, los incendios forestales, la sequía o la piratería del carbono; y (3) las deficiencias en su reconocimiento en el proceso de la UNFCCC
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International Potato Center Peru – ceremony
diciembre 3, 2013
The 'Papa Watay' ceremony performed by traditional farmers from the Parque de la Papa to 'capture the potato spirit'. It celebrates the donation of rare varieties to the gene bank at the International Potato Centre in Lima, Peru
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Svalbard seed vault to take Peruvian potato samples
febrero 17, 2011
Farmers in the Potato Park in Cusco, Peru, are sending 1,500 varieties of potatoes to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault to safeguard the tubers' future. The samples will be stored in a vault inside a mountain, which aims to protect the world's food crop species against natural and human disasters, and promote the conservation of biodiversity and seed preservation.
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In highland Peru a culture confronts blight
marzo 3, 2008
In remote farms in the Andes Mountains, elevated thousands of feet above sea level, climate change is threatening a crop that is part of the region's identity: the potato. Indigenous farmers in Peru are combating climate change by diversifying the varieties of potatoes planted in the Potato Park.
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Peru’s potato passion goes global
febrero 8, 2008
For thousands of years, the potato has been the staple diet of the people of the Andes. Today, the agriculture minister, Ismael Benavidas, says the native potato is still the answer for combating food insecurity throughout Peru.
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