The Hills of Nepal face an increasing deforestation due to terrace farming and use of trees for firewood as main source of fuel. The loss of vegetation in the hills triggers the occurrence of hazards such as lanslides which, in turn, increase the loss of human settlement area and loss of wild vegetation.

A proper vegetation implementation programme... read more

The 2011 IMD in Tucumán, Argentina, was celebrated  by Ecosalud with a series of initiatives aimed at involving people and creating awareness of the importance of mountains and forests. These initatives encompassed tips to plant trees and respect nature and activities which could be carried on in schools, like drawing... read more

As part of the celebration of the IMD 2011, the International Year of Forest 2011, the twentieth anniversary of the Espace Mont Blanc and in collaboration with the Grand Paradiso National Park, The Aosta Vally region (Italy) organised several events to raise awareness of forests and mountains. The activities consisted... read more

2011 IMD celebration in Vienna focused on "Living and Working in a Mountain Farm – experiences of a returner and a city woman", an initiative organized by the Federal Institute for Less-Favoured and Mountainous Areas on 12^th December.

About 50 experts participated to the event and additional 500 persons were iintroduced to... read more

The RedMontañas organised a joint celebration of the International Year of Forests and IMD 2011 by highlighting Mountain Forests. The headword of the day was `What are forests saying?'. The  main initiative consisted in inviting the National Sightless Association. The participants were given the chance to spend a day in CENEAM (National Center for Environmental Education in... read more

The Mountain Partnership Hub for Central Asia and the University of Central Asia (UCA) Mountain Societies Research Centre organized the  IMD 2011 event.  The celebration was centered around an hour-long Mountain Stakeholder Gathering supported by the Photo exhibition “The Beast and Beauty of Forests and Mountains”,  by Vlad Ushakov, a well-known Kyrgyzstan photographer... read more

The Chinese Committee on ICIMOD (CNICIMOD) continuously collaborates with FAO and ICIMOD, publicizing and celebrating the International Mountain Day every year. The aim is to raise awareness of the relevance of mountain forests and the role they play within a Green Economy as well as in climate change adaptation measures.

CNICIMOD... read more

The celebration of the IMD by Centre for Environment Education (CEE) Himalaya in the Indian Himalayan state of Jammu & Kashmir focused on the participation of students, since it is important for local children to understand that their communities, livelihoods, homes, schools and local surroundings are under severe threat and any... read more

This year a group of local youth called the Prabhawa organized the IMD celebration for the second time. They work together with the urban council of Haputale and want to share their knowledge and create awareness among the people in their country about the importance of mountains.

The celebration included a... read more

In Uzbekistan, the 2011 IMD was celebrated by the Eco-Forum with a raising awareness campaign on the problems of mountain areas and activities of organizations dealing with these issues. This campaign consisted of several initiatives. As part of the national environmental journalism contest, a special category was introduced, namely the... read more