{"id":442,"date":"2020-12-10T19:49:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T19:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ecosystems\/mountains-high-session-on-international-mountain-day-2020\/"},"modified":"2020-12-10T19:49:51","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T19:49:51","slug":"mountains-high-session-on-international-mountain-day-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/news\/mountains-high-session-on-international-mountain-day-2020","title":{"rendered":"Mountains High Session on International Mountain Day 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Friday, 11 December 2020 \u2013 virtualFriday, 11 December 2020 \u2013 virtualFriday, 11 December 2020 \u2013 virtualCisco WebEx Link for panelists:<a href=\"https:\/\/unep.webex.com\/unep\/onstage\/g.php?\">https:\/\/unep.webex.com\/unep\/onstage\/g.php?<\/a> MTID=eef421e0063c570132d5bafda52d644a9GMT: 13:30- 14.45 hrs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">New York: 09:30- 10.45 hrs.Berlin, Rome, Vienna: 15:30- 16.45 hrs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Nairobi: 17:30- 18.45 hrs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>A. Objective<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Every year, UNEP observes International Mountain Day (IMD) on 11 December and celebrates the ecosystems and communities of mountain areas.&nbsp;The 2020 virtual Mountains High session aims to<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Promote climate action with the audience and showcase solutions<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Create awareness about the effects of climate change in mountains<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Appreciate mountain ecosystems, i.e. through footage of The Last Ascent, a documentaryabout the decrease in glacier ice on Kilimanjaro<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Provide a platform for science to exchange about main threats to mountain ecosystems andsolutions to protect them<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Showcase work of the United Nations in the area of sustainable mountain development andclimate change adaptation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Inspire the audience to use sports for positive change.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">For more information please download: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Playbook_IMD_Mountains_High.pdf\">Playbook IMD Mountains High<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">For more information please contact,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"index.php\/pantaleo-k-t-munishi\">Prof.&nbsp;P.K.T. Munishi<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"forestrybiology\/\">Department of Ecosystems and Conservation<\/a>,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/\">College of Forestry, Wildlife and Tourism<\/a>,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">PO Box 3010, Chuo Kikuu, Morogoro, Tanzania<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"mailto:munishi@sua.ac.tz\">munishi@sua.ac.tz<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, 11 December 2020 \u2013 virtualFriday, 11 December 2020 \u2013 virtualFriday, 11 December 2020 \u2013 virtualCisco WebEx Link for panelists:https:\/\/unep.webex.com\/unep\/onstage\/g.php? MTID=eef421e0063c570132d5bafda52d644a9GMT: 13:30- 14.45 hrs. New York: 09:30- 10.45 hrs.Berlin, Rome, Vienna: 15:30- 16.45 hrs. Nairobi: 17:30- 18.45 hrs. A. 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