Mountain people among the world’s hungriest as biodiversity loss and climate change take their toll
Mountains host about half of the global biodiversity hotspots and are home to a growing number of the world's hungriest people, according to a new study launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners to mark International Mountain Day 2020. The study conducted by...
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Members' Voices: Farmer Tantoh, Save Your Future Association, Cameroon
My name is Dieudonne Tanton Nforba, but to many, I am known as "Farmer Tantoh." I live and work in Bamenda in the Western Highlands of Cameroon where I am a farmer and a grassroots environmental activist. I am also founder and coordinator of a non-profit called Save Your...
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Improving mountain farmers livelihoods through Participatory Guarantee Systems
Online trainings on implementing Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) initiatives were held between July 2020 and January 2021 for Mountain Partnership Product producers in Latin America. In collaboration with IFOAM Organics International, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) supported three Mountain Partnership (MP) members - Fundación CoMunidad from Panama, Fundación Pasos...
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IMD 2021 to focus on sustainable mountain tourism
The theme of this year's International Mountain Day (IMD) on 11 December will be sustainable mountain tourism. Sustainable tourism in mountains can contribute to creating additional and alternative livelihood options and promoting poverty alleviation, social inclusion, as well as landscape and biodiversity conservation. It is a way to preserve the natural,...
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Praia, Cabo Verde
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Camigliatello Silano, Natural Park & Biosphere Reserve of Sila, Calabria, Italy
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16.02.2021

IMD 2021 to focus on sustainable mountain tourism

IMD 2021 to focus on sustainable mountain tourism

The theme of this year's International Mountain Day (IMD) on 11 December will be sustainable mountain tourism.

Sustainable tourism in mountains can contribute to creating additional and alternative livelihood options and promoting poverty alleviation, social inclusion, as well as landscape and biodiversity conservation. It is a way to preserve the natural,...

Read More »
12.02.2021

Members' Voices: Farmer Tantoh, Save Your Future Association, Cameroon

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My name is Dieudonne Tanton Nforba, but to many, I am known as "Farmer Tantoh." I live and work in Bamenda in the Western Highlands of Cameroon where I am a farmer and a grassroots environmental activist. I am also founder and coordinator of a non-profit called Save Your...

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