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...

Women’s organizations in the El Chaco province of Bolivia find success harvesting honey from stingless bees In the mountains of Bolivia’s Serranía del Iñao National Park, at the foot of the...

This summer, the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG) will hold their first official Summer School in the Aosta Valley region of northwest Italy. The 2020 Summer...

The Government of Nepal has declared 2020 the Visit Nepal Year. This large-scale campaign is a nationwide effort to dramatically boost tourism in the country. The goal is to host...

The Agency for Development Initiatives (ADI) has conducted its first training on Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) for women farmers in the Kyrgyz Republic. ADI is a network of women’s self-help groups...

The International Center for Environmental Education & Community Development (ICENECDEV) in Cameroon has released its “Action Plan 2020”, mapping the ways in which the organization will work toward achieving the...

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...