A presentation of the recent collaboration between fashion designer Stella Jean and Kyrgyz artisan group Topchu turned into an emotional celebration at the Women's Committee of the Food and Agriculture...

A solar-powered irrigation system, hand-made alpaca wool clothing and a group of women protecting water at the foot of the Kunurana mountain. For the last three years, 50 communities in...

A unique collection by Italian-Haitian fashion designer Stella Jean and craftswomen from the mountains of Kyrgyzstan will be highlighted at Milan Fashion Week today. The collaboration is supported by the Food...

Los ecosistemas andinos son diversos, así como las actividades humanas que en ellos se desarrollan. Sus paisajes son producto de interacciones socioambientales, políticas y económicas construidas durante años, a través...

Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) is providing solar power to health centres along with critical medical care equipment for remote communities of Ladakh and Meghalaya, India. India has over 23 000 primary...

It is 6.00 in the Pasil River Valley of Kalinga Province in the Philippine Cordillera. Lucious green mountains dotted with rice fields extend as far as the eye can see....

The theme of this year's International Mountain Day (IMD) on 11 December will be sustainable mountain tourism. Sustainable tourism in mountains can contribute to creating additional and alternative livelihood options and...

My name is Dieudonne Tanton Nforba, but to many, I am known as "Farmer Tantoh." I live and work in Bamenda in the Western Highlands of Cameroon where I am...

Online trainings on implementing Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) initiatives were held between July 2020 and January 2021 for Mountain Partnership Product producers in Latin America. In collaboration with IFOAM Organics International,...

Over 750 mountain lovers from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United States of America and Venezuela registered...

News and photo by the Feminist Hiking Collective A group of mountain women from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Germany, Italy, Kenya, Nepal, Tanzania and the United Kingdom are gathering to climb the...

The governing body of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States (IPA CIS) adopted a model law that aims at supporting the sustainable development...

The Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS), a member of the Mountain Partnership, is building the capacities of students, parents and teachers in Rwanda to enhance climate change resilience in schools...

A Reinhold Messner Foundation project aims at improving the sustainability of mountain tourism by bringing renewable solar energy to a museum, hospital and two schools in the Mount Everest region....

The Government of Argentina announces the official ratification of the Committee for the Sustainable Development of the Mountain Regions of the Argentine Republic. Established in 2005, a set of public sector...

The Mountain Institute (TMI) is concluding its role as a nonprofit organization based in the United States of America after nearly 50 years of protecting critical mountain ecosystems and promoting...

Calling all members of the Mountain Partnership, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat is compiling inputs for its 2020 Annual Report. Each year, the Secretariat dedicates part of its annual report to putting...

Governments and organizations in Europe conducted webinars, hikes, literature festivals and more to mark International Mountain Day (IMD) 2020 in Albania, Cyprus, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey...

North and Central America, the Caribbean and South America marked International Mountain Day (IMD) in 2020 through various events in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Peru, the United States of...

In Asia and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), International Mountain Day (IMD) 2020 was widely celebrated by many organizations throughout the regions. Events were held in Algeria, India,...