The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) celebrated International Mountain Day with the “International Mountain Day Panel” held at Middle East Technology University (METU) Technocity Cozone on the evening...

From France to Albania, International Mountain Day (IMD) 2019 was a success in Europe. There were events to fit all interests, including athletics, literature, science and more. For the fifth year...

North, Central and South America enthusiastically participated in International Mountain Day (IMD) 2019. Discussions among students, cultural festivities for youth, a race in the mountains and more took place in...

International Mountain Day (IMD) 2019 was widely celebrated by many organizations in Asia and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). IMD celebrations spanned the region: events were held in...

Mountain lovers and communities around the world mobilized for International Mountain Day (IMD) 2019. From government officials to environmentalists, mountaineers to schoolchildren, the world paid attention to mountain peoples and...

“Today, mountains and their glaciers are undergoing irreversible transformations resulting from climatic upheavals linked to human action. These are transformations that affect us: the water and energy that we use...

Ashmita Lama from the Sinja Valley in Nepal has won the 2019 International Mountain Day photo and recipe contest organized by FAO to help promote mountain products and cultural traditions.Lama’s...

On 11 December the United Nations (UN) celebrated the International Mountain Day at the UN Headquarters in New York. The event was co-organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of...

Youth are driving the world's climate agenda and can help on all fronts, including bolstering mountain ecosystems, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said today in remarks opening International Mountain Day. "Mountains matter for...

The 7th edition of the Forum Origin, Diversity and Territories (ODT 2019), held from 4 to 6 December in Lausanne, Switzerland, explored the theme of “Agroecology: Multiple Transitions of Territories”. The...

Mountains have a strong presence at the 25th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 25), held 2 to 13 December in Madrid,...

The first regional training of trainers for a certification scheme for small-scale mountain producers took place from 18 to 22 November 2019 in Lima, Peru. The Mountain Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS)...

I am a Utah Valley University (UVU) student and president of the Utah International Mountain Forum (UIMF), the club I have been a part of for the past two years....

A sewing mini-workshop powered by renewable energy opened this month in the remote, high mountain village of Nisur in Bartang Valley, Tajikistan. The workshop allows local women to earn money...

This year’s International Mountain Day hub of celebrations is in Milan, Italy, with events that will increase attention to mountain environments and communities, and the significant effects of climate change...

Students in Colorado are leading a movement on International Mountain Day, 11 December, to bring together youth around the world on the topic of mountains. The students have organized events...

An annual cross-country race will be held in February 2020 at the Chirripó National Park in the Talamanca Mountains of Costa Rica. The park is home to Mount Chirripó, the...

A certification scheme for small-scale mountain producers has successfully launched in Mongolia. A Participatory Guarantee System specifically designed for mountain agriculture (Mountain PGS) allows small-scale farmers to certify organic products through

The Grassroots Institute, alongside its partners and collaborators, is holding a Summer Field School and Workshop on Mountain Ecosystems and Resource Management (FSc MER 2020) next July in Ukraine’s Carpathian...

Rising global temperatures are causing unprecedented changes in the environments of high mountain regions. The mountain cryosphere - glaciers, snow, and permafrost - and high-altitude mountain ecosystems, provide and regulate...