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International Mountain Museums Alliance 2025 assembly held in the Catalan Pyrenees
09/05/2025
The annual assembly of the International Mountain Museums Alliance (IMMA) took place in Alp, in the heart of the Catalan Pyrenees on 6 May 2025. The gathering was hosted by the Servei General d'Informació de Muntanya in Sabadell, in collaboration with the Federació d'Entitats Excursionistes de Catalunya. 
FAO Director-General: Mountain regions have great potential despite climate, biodiversity and land degradation threats
24/04/2025

Mountain regions especially in the world’s developing countries face growing pressure from climate change, biodiversity loss and land degradation, yet mountain communities have great potential for climate-resilient development and work to upgrade mountain products sectors such as organic food,...

From knowledge to action: Mountain youths’ role in advancing the global mountain agenda
21/04/2025
Recognizing the vital role of mountain youth in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030, the Mountain Youth Hub (MYH) of the Mountain Partnership of the United Nations, with support from EvK2-CNR organized its second side event "From knowledge to action: Mountain youths’ role in advancing the global mountain agenda", during the 2025 ECOSOC Youth Forum...
Italy begins its Presidency of the Alpine Convention, taking over from Slovenia
08/04/2025
Italy officially assumed the Presidency of the Alpine Convention on 22 January 2025 during the Alpine Conference held in Brdo, Slovenia. The handover follows the Convention’s biennial rotation of leadership among its Contracting Parties...
Students stand together to empower women at CSW69
03/04/2025
Seventeen students from Utah Valley University (UVU), Osh Technological University, Fordham University and Indiana University advocated for mountain women and girls at the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) from 10 - 14 March 2025.
FAO and BOA kick-start Palau agritourism project
02/04/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Bureau of Agriculture (BOA) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and the Environment held a series of workshops to support women groups and livestock farmers. On March 17 to 18 the inception workshop for the project...
Glaciers and mountains: melting water towers will aggravate global crises (report)
21/03/2025
The United Nations World Water Development Report 2025, published by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water, reveals the extent to which climate disruption, biodiversity loss, and unsustainable activities are transforming mountain environments...

Glacier melt will unleash avalanche of cascading impacts
21/03/2025
The first ever World Day for Glaciers on 21 March 2025 will sound the alarm that accelerating glacier melt risks unleashing an avalanche of cascading impacts on economies, ecosystems and communities, not just in mountain regions but at global level... 

The European Manifesto for Glaciers at the University of Milan
20/03/2025
Today CAI, CGI, CIPRA ITALIA, EUMA and Legambiente, together with a network of 60 signatories between NGOs, research institutions and other Organizations, present the European Manifesto for Glaciers at the University of Milan...
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Second Southern African Mountain Conference kicks off with a resounding start in Drakensberg
18/03/2025
The Second Southern African Mountain Conference (SAMC 2025) commenced on Monday, 17 March amid a tangible sense of anticipation and a collaborative spirit at the Champagne Sports Resort, nestled in the heart of the Maloti-Drakensberg...
Call for inputs, UNSG report on sustainable mountain development
06/03/2025
The Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) is currently compiling inputs for the 2025 United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) report on sustainable mountain development...
UNIMONT at the Conference for Young Botanists in Genoa
03/03/2025
Alex Alberto, research fellow at the UNIMONT hub of the University of Milan, spoke at the Conference for Young Botanists (CYBO) in Genoa with a presentation on the case study of the “Articiok di Malegno”, exploring the potential impact of work on landraces in valorizing mountain areas...

University of the Mountains connecting knowledge, tradition and sustainability
28/02/2025
On Friday, 21 February 2025, Mountain Partnership member, the University of the Mountains (UOM) visited the village of Gra Lygia in the Lassithi region of Crete, to carry out a series of community-focused activities. The visit is part of a project led by the UOM for residents of mountain and island communities...
Scaling up investments and policies for mountain farming
26/02/2025
Mountains are home to diverse, small scale agrifood systems that are inherently organic and high-value. Despite this, local communities often struggle to sustain themselves financially, primarily due to...
Call for applications: IPROMO 2025 – Glaciers' preservation and climate change in mountain ecosystems
06/02/2025
The Mountain Partnership Secretariat is pleased to announce that applications have opened for the 18th edition of the IPROMO 2025 Summer School. This annual training programme on sustainable mountain development...
Voices of glaciers: Youth stories and solutions for glacier preservation
23/01/2025
The Mountain Youth Hub, in partnership with the Mountain Partnership, organized the side event "Voices of Glaciers: Youth Stories and Solutions for Glacier Preservation" on 21 January 2025, to kick off the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation 2025 (IYGP 2025). The event highlighted the importance of amplifying youth voices and...
UNESCO and WMO launch the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation 2025
21/01/2025
A global call for action to save Earth's vital ice...

Share your 2024 achievements for the Mountain Partnership Annual Report
15/01/2025
Every year, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat publishes its Annual Report, a key document highlighting the collective efforts of our diverse membership in advancing sustainable mountain development...
Declaration of COP-29 on climate change, mountains, and glaciers
09/01/2025
A landmark declaration was presented by Kyrgyzstan at the 29th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP29), which took place in Baku, Azerbaijan 11 – 22 November 2024...
International Mountain Day 2024 around the world
06/01/2025

Every year, mountain lovers around the world come together to celebrate International Mountain Day (IMD) on 11 December, with a multitude of events taking place far and wide. This year, at least 23 different countries across the world marked the day. From film screenings and conferences to com...