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Spotlighting mountain youth at the 2024 ECOSOC Youth Forum

Spotlighting mountain youth at the 2024 ECOSOC Youth Forum

25.04.2024

Recognizing the vital role of mountain youth for advancing sustainable mountain development and countering the effects of climate change on mountain environments and communities, the Mountain Youth Hub (MYH) organized a side event at the 2024 Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum. The side event was made...

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New Mountain Research and Development issue now online

New Mountain Research and Development issue now online

13.03.2014

Papers in Volume 34, Issue 1, which is now available online and open access, address issues from governance to human-nature interaction and assessments of biophysical dynamics in mountains. They explore...

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Call for abstracts on mountain family farming

Call for abstracts on mountain family farming

12.03.2014

Small-scale agriculture and food security in mountains are among the topics on the World Mountain Forum agenda. Please send your abstracts for the international conference that will take place in...

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Kyrgyzstan focuses on climate change

Kyrgyzstan focuses on climate change

04.03.2014

In Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 47 climate change practitioners, scientists and researchers met with government and non-governmental organization representatives on February 25, 2014, to discuss institutional and political frameworks for coping and...

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Tajikistan mountain villages supported in coping with climate change

Tajikistan mountain villages supported in coping with climate change

26.02.2014

Residents of Midenshor Village in the remote western Pamir Mountains of  Tajikistan will soon have access to drinking water thanks to the Alliance of Central Asian Mountain Communities...

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Funding opportunities for researchers from developing countries

Funding opportunities for researchers from developing countries

24.02.2014

The ‘Learning Events Programme for Researchers from Developing Countries’ is accepting grant applications from researchers from developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America that are working with Swiss institutions....

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Rainfall variability impacts mountain areas of Guatemala, Peru and Tanzania

Rainfall variability impacts mountain areas of Guatemala, Peru and Tanzania

21.02.2014

The changing amount, frequency, predictability and seasonality of rainfall hinder food security and influence migration patterns in mountain areas of Guatemala, Peru and Tanzania. Research carried out by the United...

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