The International Institute for Sustainable Mountain Development

The International Institute for Sustainable Mountain Development (IISUMOD) has been establishedin Rome, Italy on November 15, 2017 as a nature conservation and development association / organization established to create awareness about the role and importance of mountain environment and resources in relation to sustainable development.

The primary objective of IISUMOD is to offer opportunities for solutions by promoting research and development action of an economically and environmentally friendly mountain ecosystem to secure a better future for the mountain people, their environment and resources by enhancing livelihood, food and ecological security that ultimately promotes human rights and security in a framework of sustainable mountain development.

IISUMOD endeavors to promote research contributing to Sustainable Mountain Development, in research areas that connect ideas, innovations and experiences of world’s mountains from the Alps to the Himalayas, the Andes to the Rockies, and the Atlas to the Great Dividing Mountains globally.