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Mountains Network News |
Coming in November 2008THE TRANSBOUNDARY CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPMountain PA Network members will gather at a conference center in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal for the Connectivity Conservation Management Workshop November 11-14, 2008. A resulting book on the subject is planned. Plans are also being made for some post-workshop treks to the Khumbu region and the Terai region of Nepal for the participants to better understand transboundary conservation issues. Click on the Conferences link for more information and details about our other important conferences and their outputs. November 2006THE CONNECTIVITY CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPMountain PA Network members gathered at Termas de Papallacta in Ecuador for the Connectivity Conservation Management Workshop that took place November 14-17, 2006. Click on the Conferences link for more information and details on this important conference and its outputs. September 23, 2006 TRAGIC LOSS OF MOUNTAIN NETWORK COLLEAGUES IN HELICOPTER CRASH IN KANCHENJUNGA REGION OF NEPALWe greatly mourn the loss of three extraordinary members of our WCPA Network in a helicopter crash in Nepal 23 Sept. 2006.Read the many tributes that poured in from around the world after this tragic loss.In response, the Eastern Himalayas Memorial Fund has been set up in their memory by the World Wildlife Fund. This Fund will be used to carry on the great Himalayan work of our colleagues, and help create new generations of Himalayan conservationists through the establishment of the Mingma Sherpa and Chandra Gurung Conservation |
