The International Day of Light, an annual celebration held every 16 May, is a UNESCO-declared day to appreciate light and the role it plays in science, culture, art, education, sustainable...

The role of rural and mountain areas in the post-COVID world was at the heart of a lecture given by Professor Andrea Membretti from Mountain Partnership member EURAC Research on...

The Mount Kenya Trust (MKT) is still planting trees on Mount Kenya despite the global pandemic. The organization worked with the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) to obtain approval to keep...

Scroll down to read the Spanish version The golden powder of the maca plant brings health, happiness and security to the peoples of central Peru in the Andes, both past and...

How to create the most effective enabling environments and support systems to further girls’ education in rural Nepal was the focus of the article, “Identifying paths to successful higher education...

Mountain Partnership members from Panama and the United States of America have formed an alliance to advance sustainable mountain development through video storytelling. Master’s students from Western Colorado University’s Center for...

The entire world is impacted by COVID-19, including communities in mountains. Mountain Partnership members are stepping up to cope with the pandemic in mountain areas and build solidarity from the...

The following is an article written by Mountain Partnership member Plateau Perspectives, originally published here.Ethiopian culture has thrived for thousands of years. The northern highlands exhibit a particularly long and...

The journal Geosciences is currently running a special issue entitled "Geo-Hydrological Risks Management", which is accepting submissions until 30 September 2020. This issue aims to gather high-quality, original research articles...

The Mountain Partnership is getting a head start on International Mountain Day 2020 preparations this year, planning an international campaign to draw attention to mountains. This year’s International Mountain Day...

My country, Kyrgyzstan, is more than 90 percent mountainous, and nearly half of us live in rural areas. I work closely with these communities and see the struggles of mountain...

Last week, Nepal announced that it would close all of its Himalayan peaks, including Mount Everest, to tourists as a precautionary measure to combat COVID-19. Nepal is home to 8...

Migration and Development is implementing a project to manage the watersheds and agroecosystem of Mount Sirwa in Morocco. Working with organizations Terre et Humanisme Maroc and Terre Humanisme PESI, Migration...

Children in Nepal are receiving new home thanks to Small World and The Small World USA. Scheduled to open in May 2020, the home for rural youth of the Solukhumbu...

The International Centre for Environmental Education and Community Development (ICENECDEV) advocated for sustainable food systems in mountains at the international Mount Cameroon Race of Hope on 22 February 2020 in...

Member states and key decision makers met to discuss how to mainstream mountains into the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. The Informal Mountain Gathering was held on the margins of the Second...

I have dedicated my entire professional life to vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna): wild South American camelids that roam the Andes Mountains. I am a biologist working in Argentina to conserve these...

This year’s theme for International Mountain Day (IMD) 2020 is protecting mountain biodiversity. The year 2020 has been widely termed the “Super Year of Biodiversity”, what the United Nations Environment Programme...

The University of Turin, in collaboration with the company “Lo Scatol8 per la Sostenibilità”, is advancing technology in the Monte Rosa mountain massif between Italy and Switzerland. Researchers are testing...

A conference organized by the Government of Cyprus addressed the complex challenges that face mountainous islands in the Mediterranean. The “Mountain areas of large Mediterranean islands: European issues, national and...