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,...

The importance of networks for mountain territories in times of crisis was the focus of a roundtable discussion at the 2021 edition of the Origin, Diversity and Territories Forum on...

To build the capacities of future mountain leaders, Canada-based Mountain Partnership member The Grassroots Institute hosted the ten-day “Summer field school on mountain ecosystems and resource management”. The virtual training...

The theme of the International Mountain Day 2021 photo contest launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 18 October is “sustainable tourism in mountains”. Mountain...

The University of Milan’s UNIMONT Centre launched a youth-centred manifesto for the promotion of a sustainable and lively future in mountain areas globally at Expo 2020 Dubai. The Mountain Education and...

On 19 October 2021, a diverse group of change-makers will join forces to climb Africa’s highest peak. Athletes, political leaders, United Nations officials, medical doctors, scientists and youth advocates will...