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...

I can remember being a child playing in the mountains: picking wild orchids for my hair, swimming in a stream, climbing trees to pick berries. What I know now, but...

The fifth annual Life in Kyrgyzstan (LiK) conference brought together over 100 participants from 10 countries, and served as a stimulating platform of intellectual exchange on social and economic changes...

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) has launched this year’s International Mountain Day photo and recipe contest. This year’s contest focuses on mountain products and on healthy, nutritious recipes that reflect the...

The 2019 Milano Montagna Week, held from 14 to 20 October, brought together mountain lovers and outdoor enthusiasts to celebrate and commemorate the value of these majestic landscapes. From the...

The second phase of the Swat Project – an eco-compatible mountaineering course for local young people in the Swat region of Pakistan – has just been completed. The project, organized by...

To the broader European public, the Principality of Andorra is mostly known as a far-away place in the Pyrenean valley, most notable for being a skiing destination and a shopping...

The Mountain Partnership Products (MPP) Initiative has been selected as one of 25 Best Practices out of 1 175 from around the world to be spotlighted at Expo 2020 Dubai’s...

The EMbleMatiC Mediterranean Mountains project closing conference took place in Anogia, Crete, Greece from 1 - 2 October. This InterregMed-financed project has explored how to promote sustainable tourism and manage...

The Mountain Institute (TMI), in collaboration with the Lima Geographical Society and scholars at the Pontíficia Universidad Católica del Peru, sponsored and organized an expedition in northern Peru to retrace...

The 32nd session of the European Forestry Commission (EFC) Working Party on the Management of Mountain Watersheds (WPMMW) was held in Innsbruck, Austria, from 25 to 27 September 2019. Jointly...

The second, two-week Summer School on Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate concluded this week. Held at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in Rome, the...

Founded in the International Year of Mountains (IYM) 2002, the Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO) is devoted to research and development in Mediterranean mountains. The multidisciplinary research centre is...

The First International Conference on Semi-Arid Mountain Environments, held in Abha, Saudi Arabia, brought attention to a wide range of topics relevant to development in arid mountain regions. Organized by Saudi...

Climate change and its effects on mountains and mountain peoples in Nepal will be the focus of a conference to be held next April in the country’s capital of Kathmandu....

From 9 – 11 September, professors, scientists and experts gathered at the CLimate-Smart Forestry in MOuntain Regions (CLIMO) workshop and meeting to assemble a thematic platform for project promoters and...