Urgent action is needed to prioritise mountain ecosystems in order to protect them from the current climate crisis and empower mountain people to build resilient livelihoods, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu...

Diversification of livelihoods, capacity development, investments and pro-mountain policies are needed to build the resilience of mountain peoples to shocks and global changes, Mountain Partnership Secretariat Programme Officer Rosalaura Romeo...

Leading international scientists and experts addressed the severe impact of extreme climate events and pests on Alpine environments, and how forest management solutions can promote climate adaptation during the Pre-COP26...

Mobilizing the world for the health of our planet, Climate and Biodiversity Week will take place 3-9 October 2021 at Expo 2020 Dubai, just a month ahead of United Nations...

Jyoti Patil from India has won the GROW Summer School innovation contest focused on improving smallholders’ livelihoods through agrobiodiversity in fragile ecosystems. The GROW Summer School is an annual training programme...

The call for sessions for the International Mountain Conference 2022 (IMC2022) opens on 4 October 2021. The University of Innsbruck will host the IMC2022 on 11–15 September 2022 in Innsbruck, Austria....

The fourth annual GROW Summer School “Agrobiodiversity in a changing climate” opens online today with 30 participants attending from 21 countries. The two-week course equips practitioners with the necessary tools,...

The newest issue of Mountain Research and Development, Vol 41, No 2, is now available online and open access. In this open issue, a case study from China shows how bird...

Youth between the ages of 16 and 29 from around the world, living in mountain areas or passionate about sustainability, are invited to participate in the Youth4Mountains Series to contribute...

The Government of Mongolia’s proposal for an International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) in 2026 was endorsed at the 42nd session of the Conference of the Food and Agriculture...

Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) are gaining recognition and empowering small-scale organic farmers and fisherfolk in the Philippines, including Mountain Partnership Products (MPP) producers. According to IFOAM - Organics International – a...

Story by Timur Idrisov, originally published on The Little Earth’s website The village of Roshorv, where 43-year-old Gulisandzhid lives, is located at an altitude of more than 3 000 metres above...

The first ever Latin American edition of the IPROMO training programme, “IPROMO Latinoamericano”, closed on 1 June 2021. Held under the theme "Sustainable management of socio-ecosystems in the Andes", the...

The Adaptation at Altitude Solutions Portal is a new database that contains comprehensive, in-depth information about climate change adaptation strategies being devised and undertaken in mountain regions around the world. The...

The role of sustainable food systems in mountains and how they can contribute towards a more equitable and inclusive development were highlighted during the Mountain Partnership Secretariat’s parallel session to...

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) 2020 Annual Report is available online now. The publication charts its key achievements in promoting sustainable mountain development last year and spotlights the activities of members. The report documents wor

Report launched at United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development presents success stories in agroecology Sustainable farming that works in harmony with nature is key to improving the lives of...

This event addressed the global importance of policies supporting food security, poverty reduction, and sustainable food systems in mountains for biodiversity conservation. It also: launched the report, Mountain Farming Systems: Seeds for the Future,...

The effects of climate change in mountains is the main topic of the fourteenth IPROMO summer school, which opened in a completely virtual format on 6 July 2021 and runs until 19 July. 40 participants from 18 countries, including officers, development ex

I wish to inform you that, after three years, I will be stepping down from my role as Coordinator of the Mountain Partnership Secretariat. Looking back on my time spent...