Breathtaking landscapes, magnificent panoramas, unexpected encounters on the way up to the summit: the Via Alpina is a unique long-distance hiking trail across all eight of Europe’s Alpine countries that...

A new project financed by the European Union aims to reduce pollution in the Black Sea by monitoring pollutants and litter in mountainous streams and watersheds. The "Protect Streams 4 Sea"...

"For tourism in mountains to be sustainable, we need training and responsible investments and to strengthen public-private partnerships," said Rosalaura Romeo, Mountain Partnership Secretariat, at Expo 2020 Dubai. Hosted by the...

Mountain Partnership member Illa Biodiversidad y Desarrollo SAC is one of the winners of the 2022 Common Objective (CO) Leadership Award in sustainable fashion. The CO Leadership Awards celebrate ambition for,...

All Mountain Partnership (MP) members are invited to review the revised advocacy, communication and governance documents by 15 April 2022, in view of the upcoming Global Meeting of the MP. The...

Calling all members of the Mountain Partnership, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat is compiling inputs for its 2021 Annual Report. Each year, the Secretariat dedicates part of its annual report to spotlighting...

Under the theme “Sustainable tourism in mountains”, global celebrations of International Mountain Day (IMD) 2021 transported participants to far and distant locations – physically and virtually. Governments, organizations and individuals...

On 16 December 2021, the State of Colorado became the first state of the United States of America to join the Mountain Partnership through its Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office...

The United Nations General Assembly declared the year 2022 as the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development, at the proposal of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic. The corresponding resolution...

In 2021, a group of 11 Italian climbers together with Pakistani mountaineers travelled to the upper valleys of Swat in Pakistan to complete a further step of the “Swat Project”. Mountain Wilderness...

Ethical fashion has enormous potential to change lives for the better. For many years now, I have been collaborating on collections with women from developing countries in Asia, Africa, South America...

Covering around 27 percent of the earth's land surface and home to 15 percent of the global population, mountains play a critical role in moving the world towards sustainable economic...

Sustainable tourism plays a key role in boosting livelihoods, poverty alleviation, and environmental conservation in mountainous areas, according to a new report launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of...

International leaders and mountain champions will discuss how tourism in mountains can contribute to creating additional and alternative livelihood options as well as landscape and biodiversity conservation, during the high-level...

The recently launched film series “Voices from the Roof of the World” – a joint initiative of the Aga Khan University, Aga Khan Agency for Habitat, Aga Khan Foundation and...

A side event in the margins of the second International Agrobiodiversity Congress examined how enhancing agrobiodiversity in mountains can help improve human nutrition, human health and the health of ecosystems...

FAO has installed a prototype rooftop farm at its Rome headquarters to highlight how innovative technology can help increase access to healthy diets from sustainable agri-food systems. Housed entirely in mobile,...

Mountain Partnership members from across the world came together during two official side events to ensure mountains were included in the discussions at the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2021. On...

“Children are the future custodians of mountains, and empowering their role through education to be the main actors in addressing climate change is essential,” said Sara Manuelli of the Mountain...

The 34 climbers participating in The Big Climb, along with their support crew of 107 porters and guides summited Mount Kilimanjaro – Africa’s highest mountain – on 24 October 2021,...