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United Nations Invites AIMF to Establish a North American Hub for the Mountain Partnership—Fundraising Campaign Launched

AIMF is pleased to announce that it has received a formal invitation from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to establish in Aspen a North American Hub for the Mountain Partnership. (Click here to view the letter from the UN.) Read more>

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"Sustainable Mountain Development: The North American Report"

We're pleased to announce that the Aspen International Mountain Foundation (AIMF) and the Telluride Institute—have just completed a major report on sustainable development in North American mountains for inclusion in the materials being developed for the upcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, a.k.a. Rio+20. View the report>

 

 

 

Tuesday
Jan242012

AIMF leading efforts to coordinate a report for Rio+20

AuthorAIMF Webmaster

Preparations for the Rio+20 Earth Summit in June 2012 are well underway.  But unlike other parts of the world, North America’s mountainous regions have not yet mobilized to provide input; so we risk not having our issues and our views included in materials presented at the Summit.  These materials will help inform and guide important policy decisions dealing with sustainable development over the next decades.  Therefore, AIMF and the Telluride Institute (TI) have joined forces to help coordinate a report that describes some of what has been going on in North America for the past 20 years. Read more >

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