More than 100 local government representatives, experts on disaster risk reduction and civil society organization members participated in a virtual dialogue on the resilient development of Karnali Province, Nepal. In observance...

Mountain Research and Development (MRD) invites papers that address transformations affecting pastoralism and rangelands in mountains and in high-elevation landscapes, their interactions with other systems, and the solutions local communities,...

The Pre-Expo Dubai programme series highlights the Mountain Partnership Products (MPP) Initiative during Climate and Biodiversity Week. Selected as one of 25 Best Practices out of 1 175 from around the...

A panel of seven youth mountain champions from around the world addressed sustainable mountain development and biodiversity conservation during a web dialogue organised by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS). Each...

Friends and partners of the Living Chapel recently engaged in their first ever worldwide planting event. The event encouraged the establishment of new Laudato Si’ gardens, the strengthening of existing...

Slow Food initiatives from Austria, India, Italy, Morocco and the Philippines took the spotlight at a session moderated by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) at the 2020 Terra Madre Salone...

The thirteenth annual IPROMO training course came to a close today after two weeks of intense online lectures and discussion dedicated to sustainable mountain development. The 38 officers and experts...

The Mountain Partnership Products (MPP) initiative was presented as an example of identifying, developing and improving value chains of quality food products, cultivated in fragile ecosystems, for creating employment opportunities...

The theme of the International Mountain Day 2020 photo contest launched by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat on 6 October is mountain biodiversity. Did you know that about half of the world’s...

Over 30 members of the National Committee for the Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions of Argentina participated in an online capacity building workshop on Collect Earth organized by the Food...

Not many people start their business by meeting a hermit in a bar. Ilaria lives in the small mountain hamlet of Garulla, Italy, located at 870 m in Monti Sibillini...

Local organizations and smallholder farmer communities in Peru are taking action to improve water regulation and sanitation in Andean forest landscapes and exchange knowledge with other districts. Communities in Ccerabamba,...

“There emerges from (bees’) bellies a drink, varying in colors, in which there is healing for people” (The Qur’an, 16:69).  Beekeeper Damira Kampabekova shares this passage from the Qur’an. It shows...

The effects of climate change in mountains is the main topic of the thirteenth IPROMO course, which opened in a completely virtual format on 28 September 2020 and runs until...

Another 30 young professionals and researchers join the ranks of the GROW alumni network as the third annual Summer School on Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate concludes. This year, participants...

The Mountain Wilderness organization strives not only to preserve the natural environment of the world's mountains and deserts, but also to maintain the quality of the experience for visitors to...

The role of working animals in mountains and their role in the current climate change scenario was at the heart of an event held by Mountain Partnership (MP) members during...

On 21 September, the first meeting was organized in the framework of “Enhancing agri-food value chains to increase resilience of mountain communities,” a new joint initiative between the Mountain Partnership...

The third annual Summer School “GROW - Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate” opens online with 30 participants attending from 18 countries. The two-week course equips practitioners with the necessary tools,...

Can artistic expressions such as music help generate greater environmental awareness and add to ongoing scientific efforts? Can art motivate subjects to change their habits and thus provoke concrete actions...