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...

Asociația My Transylvania’s latest ongoing project is the ”Musai Experience”, a low-impact recreational initiative taking place in the Romanian Carpathian Mountains. The word ”musai” is Romanian for ”it’s a must”...

Scroll down to read the Spanish version El Salvador is part of the mountainous “Central American Dry Corridor” and is considered one of the most vulnerable countries to climate risks in...

The 2020 French Presidency of the EU-Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP) was launched on 4 February in Lyon, France. The high-level event gathered key stakeholders to address the future...

Fundación CoMunidad recently released a new publication, titled “Outlook of the Santa Maria River Watershed”, presenting the current situation of this water source that supplies water to more than 200...

Organic World and Fair Future (OWF), an eco-social company that facilitates pro-poor inclusive value chain development for Nepali mountain products, has been stepping up its efforts to implement a successful...