Mountain Partnership at COP27, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
A series of side events at COP27 provided an opportunity to discuss how to strengthen participation of mountain people in national and international policy processes and called for greater climate adaptation following scientific recommendations. Mountain Partnership members from across the world called for an increased coordinated support...
International Mountain Day 2022: FAO aims spotlight on gender equality
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today marked International Mountain Day 2022 with a high-level event at its headquarters in Rome, a series of celebrations around the world and a new study that sheds light on the issue of gender equality in mountains. International Mountain Day,...
Mountain resolution approved at the United Nations
The Economic and Financial Committee (Second Committee) of the United Nations General Assembly approved the new resolution on sustainable mountain development on 22 November 2022 during its seventy-seventh session. The resolution, which was co-sponsored by 110 States, discusses the social, environmental and economic statuses of mountain peoples and ecosystems and...
UN recognizes multi-country effort to protect mountain ecosystems
The United Nations (UN) has recognized a collaborative initiative to protect mountain landscapes in Kyrgyzstan, Rwanda, Serbia and Uganda as one of 10 pioneering efforts to revive the natural world. The UN designated the work, which is helping to safeguard a range of imperilled species, including mountain gorillas and snow leopards,...
Global Meeting provides new momentum for mountains
Delegates from 97 mountain countries around the world endorsed the revised Advocacy and Communication strategies as well as the Governance Paper of the Mountain Partnership and Aspen Declaration during the Sixth Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership in Aspen, United States of America. The Mountain Partnership is the United Nations voluntary...

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16.12.2022

International Mountain Day celebrated in Vatican City

International Mountain Day celebrated in Vatican City

The day-long conference "The message of the mountains", anchored in the words of the Laudato Sì, took place in the Vatican City on 12 December 2022 in celebration of International Mountain Day. It was hosted by the Department of Culture and Education of the Holy See, together with the Mountain...

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13.12.2022

UN recognizes multi-country effort to protect mountain ecosystems

UN recognizes multi-country effort to protect mountain ecosystems

The United Nations (UN) has recognized a collaborative initiative to protect mountain landscapes in Kyrgyzstan, Rwanda, Serbia and Uganda as one of 10 pioneering efforts to revive the natural world.

The UN designated the work, which is helping to safeguard a range of imperilled species, including mountain gorillas and snow leopards,...

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