Thanks a lot Manuelli, for the World Mountains Day wishes. Here in Uganda,
we had a very successful public dialogue to mark the day, and the FAO
Country Representative was also present. In addition to dialoguing, a study
on Climate Vulnerability Impact Assessment in three Mount Elgon Districts as
part of implementation of the UNEP/IUCN Ecosystem based Adaptation Project,
was launched.
We held very useful discussions and agreed on the way forward to enhance
networking on mountains within the country and beyond.
Mr. Paul Mafabi will give you more details on our behalf as now, the
coordinator.
Best Regards
Festus Bagoora/National Environment Management Authority-Uganda
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Subject: [!! SPAM] Happy International Mountain Day 2013
International Mountain Day 2013
The United Nations General Assembly has designated 11 December, from 2003
onwards, as "International Mountain Day". It is observed every year and FAO
is the UN coordinating agency for the preparation of this annual
celebration.
This year's International Mountain Day theme is Mountains: Key to a
sustainable future, and it highlights how mountains provide resources such
as freshwater, energy and food not only to the mountain people around the
world, but to billions living downstream.
Click here <http://www.fao.org/news/audio-video/detail-video/en/?uid=10255>
to watch Ms Maria Helena Semedo, FAO Deputy Director-General for Natural
Resources, give a video message for this year's celebrations. The Mountain
Partnership Secretariat/FAO, with financial support from the World Bank, has
also produced an animated video on Mountains:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71DmDxNbBJU
On our International Mountain day tri-lingual website (
<http://www.fao.org/forestry/internationalmountainday/en/>
http://www.fao.org/forestry/internationalmountainday/en/) you will find all
information tools including a poster, a fact sheet, the IMD logo in all the
official UN languages, the IMD video in six languages as well as information
on the events taking place around the world.
Don't forget to send us reports about the celebrations of the day in your
country or institution - please contact <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Happy celebrations!
The Mountain Partnership
The Mountain Partnership is a voluntary alliance of partners dedicated to
improving the lives of mountain people and protecting mountain environments
around the world.
<http://www.mountainpartnership.org/> www.mountainpartnership.org
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