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During the European Week of Regions and Cities, a workshop “ISLANDS, MOUNTAINS AND SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES will be organized, on the 9th October, in Brussels. The Workshop objective is to discuss the main challenges faced by islands, mountains and sparsely populated areas, in particular in the environment and energy fields, and the current […]

In the enchanting setting of the Piacenza Apennines, in Cerignale, Mayor Massimo Castelli, national coordinator of the small municipalities of the Italian National Association of Municipalities – ANCI, presented the award 2018 “Friend of small villages”, aimed at recognizing commitment to the enhancement and development of small mountain communities in Italy to the sociologist Aldo […]

Six students graduated in Conservation and Sustainable Development of Mountain Areas on Monday 16th July 2018 at the Mountain University. Bernini Daniel – Vertova (BG): Characteristics of mountain aquaculture for income Domini Lara – Rezzato (BS): Census of the local traditional cultivars of Valle Camonica Leoni Francesco – Albosaggia (SO): The multi-functionality of farms in […]

The Mountain University (UNIMONT) – Edolo branch of the University of Milan plays an important role in the development of mountain areas at a national and international level. The university is partner on a number of European projects that promote innovative processes for managing and increasing the competitiveness of mountains. In April 2018, UNIMONT became […]

October 9th and 10th, 2018 Kathmandu, Nepal — The Mountain University – Edolo branch of the University of Milan is coordinating the symposium Management of Plant Diversity for Food and Nutrition at the international conference “Mountains in the Changing World” (MoChWo), to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal on October 9th and 10th, 2018. A team […]

The Observatory on the mountain system “Laurent Ferretti” of the Courmayeur Mont Blanc Foundation is promoting the series of Meetings The mountains in progress, to describe the social and cultural changes that are permeating the Alpine area: 4th August 2018 | Presentation of the book Rifugi e bivacchi. Gli imperdibili delle Alpi, Courmayeur 10th August […]

Students can now enrol for the academic year 2018/2019 in the undergraduate course in Conservation and Sustainable Development of Mountain Areas (class l-25), at the innovative University of Milan campus, located in the heart of the Alps, in Valle Camonica, in Edolo, in the province of Brescia. With this unique and high quality opportunity, the […]

From 27th to 29th June, twenty-five students of the Degree course in Biology of the Disit of Alessandria carried out ecological observations, botanical relevés and censuses of fauna in the Alpi Cozie, as part of an agreement between the Monviso Park and the University of Eastern Piedmont. The students appreciated the direct contact with aspects […]

From 3rd to 7th September in Fanano (MO) in the Apennines there will be the Summer School, “FROM AROMATIC PLANTS TO ESSENTIAL OILS: cultivation, distillation and uses”, organized by the Società dei Naturalisti e Matematici of Modena under the patronage of UNIMORE, Foundation Cassa di Risparmio di Modena and the Emilia Romagna Region. The Summer […]

On July 5th, UNIMONT – the Edolo Campus of the University of Milan will present the activities of the RE-SEARCH ALPS project and the development of the Platform of Knowledge – PoK at WIRE 2018 during the session “New Approaches for need-based cross-regional cooperation to cope with Alpine Region Challenges”. RE-SEARCH ALPS is a project funded under the Programme Connecting […]