FIRST AFRICAN MOUNTAINS REGIONAL FORUM CALLS FOR MAINSTREAMING OF MOUNTAINS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

The first African Mountains Regional Forum has started at Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge in Arusha, Tanzania. The three-day forum to take place from October 22-24 is to provide an opportunity for different sustainable mountain development stakeholders to enhance understanding of common conservation and development issues in the region.
The forum is organized by the Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) and the Africa Mountain Partnership Champions Committee (AMPCC) in partnership with the East...

Michuzi

Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

Michuzi

14 Jul

AFRICA MOUNTAINS REGIONAL FORUM SET FOR OCTOBER 2014 IN ARUSHA

The African Mountains Region Forum organized by East African Community in Partnership with Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS), African Mountains Partnership, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Austrian Development Cooperation and Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation is slated for 22nd - 24th October 2014 in Arusha, Tanzania.
The three-day forum, which aims at enhancing collaboration and framing a regional agenda for sustainable mountain development challenges in...

 

10 years ago

Michuzi

FORUM TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT AGENDA IN AFRICA ESTABLISHED

The first Africa Mountains Regional Forum closed Friday at Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge in Arusha, Tanzania, and called upon African states to develop and implement mountain-specific policies and laws and mainstream sustainable mountain development in their national development agenda. The forum that attracted over 100 participants from different African countries formally established the African Mountain Forum as the main coordinating body to promote the sustainable mountain development agenda...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

16 Jan

Fresh calls for public participation in 2015 development agenda

>Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) yesterday called for global development agencies and donors to assist the government in awareness raising on Post 2015 Development Agenda (P2015DA).

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Nov

Letters from my fatherland: The Old Moshi Mountains

A friend at Kibong’oto, Lilian, assured me that we would walk up to the mountains of Old Moshi to visit her parents. So, one Saturday morning we took a taxi to Bomang’ombe, which is half way between Kibong’oto and Moshi.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Troops 'retake' Somali mountains

Troops in Somalia have retaken the Galgala mountains from al-Shabab Islamist militants, the regional administration tells the BBC.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Militants killed in Tunisia mountains

Tunisian security forces kill five suspected Islamist militants in the mountains near the central town of Gafsa, officials say.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

14 Oct

Fierce fires cause havoc on Uluguru mountains

Massive fires have continued to rage at Uluguru Mountains for five consecutive days yesterday and efforts by conservationists to put it off appeared to have yielded no fruit.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

09 Aug

TRAVEL : Shocking tales about the South Pare Mountains

After driving for five hours from Arusha recently, I arrived in Same town on the Dar es Salaam highway and later drove over 40 kms deeper in the South Pare Mountains.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

09 Jan

A CHAT FROM LONDON: When molehills are left to become huge mountains

>When a small matter is exaggerated, cognitive psychologists call it magnification. A good example is paranoia. Irrational fear and worry. An accidental incident becomes an intention. Misinterpretation. Drug addicts know this very well.

 

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