Trieste hosts workshop on the challenges of feeding the planet sustainablynewsTaking stock of how science and technology can help address current and future challenges for feeding the growing planet, including in fragile ecosystems such as mountains, was the focus of the two-day workshop "Science and sustainable food: How scientific instruments can help food and biodiversity issues for the planet and... Read more » |
United Nations General Assembly Resolution: Sustainable Mountain Development (2022)publicationResolution approved by the United Nations General Assembly on sustainable mountain development at seventy-seventh session. A/RES/77/172 Download » |
United Nations General Assembly Report: Sustainable mountain development (2022)publicationReport of the Secretary-General on Sustainable Mountain Development Download » |
Launching event of the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Developmentpeak to peakThe May 2022 issue of Peak to Peak highlights the opening ceremony of the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development 2022. Top news stories cover the release of the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment's new global mountain inventory, a workshop hosted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's World Network... Download » |
Vulnerability of mountain peoples to food insecurity infographicpublicationMountain people’s vulnerability to food insecurity in developing countries is increasing. A study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification published in 2020 estimates that one in two rural mountain people living in developing countries is vulnerable to food insecurity. Government... Download » |
FAO's Work in Mountains: Building the Road to Recovery for Mountain PeoplespublicationThis article was written by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat for the Mountain Research and Development journal. The COVID-19 crisis has added urgency to an already difficult situation in mountains. Mountain communities are highly dependent on agriculture, tourism, and remittances for their survival, and their vulnerabilities to a range of challenges—including... Download » |
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