The future of mountains and how to bridge the gap between the global Agenda 2030 and local examples of implementation in mountain communities was at the heart of a meeting...

Participants from 18 countries are attending the Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate second annual GROW Summer School at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in...

Youth from the Utah International Mountain Forum (UIMF), a coalition of student clubs at Utah Valley University (UVU), contributed to highlighting mountains for the first time in a United Nations...

I have been working with the Baslay Farmers Association (BFA) - producers of shade-grown, single-origin coffee - since I was 13 years old. The association is what inspired me to...

A new research project on urbanization and peasant agriculture in Peru – funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Austria's central funding organization for basic research – launches 1 November...

From 4 – 10 August, Staša Guček from Slovenia participated in a seven-day summer hacking camp (PIFcamp) in the Julian Alps, Soča Valley, Slovenia. It was here that art, technology and...

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat Annual Report 2018 is now available online. In it, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) reflects on its key achievements in promoting sustainable mountain development in 2018....

CHINAR in India has begun a partnership with the Wipro Foundation to promote an environmental sustainability education programme in the mountainous Uttarakhand state. The Wipro Foundation is a philanthropic group...

The Mountain Societies Research Institute (MSRI) of the University of Central Asia (UCA) is using education to make strides for mountains. The university has implemented programmes to educate undergraduates, graduate...

Sustainability and how to improve the livelihoods of local peoples was the focus of Yuka Makino’s intervention at the School of Public Policy and Administration (SPPA) of Xian Jiaotong University...

A dedicated forum will provide an opportunity to discover and taste the flavors of the Cordillera, with a focus on the Benguet and Ifugao Provinces. On 9 August, the Mountain Partnership...

A walk and race between volcanoes and mountains allowed athletes to enjoy the beauty of two Costa Rican national parks. The 400 participants started the race in the Hermosa Beach section...

Fundación CoMunidad has been a Mountain Partnership (MP) member since 2012. Our organization has been working since 2007 to promote sustainable mountain development in North and Central America and the...

About one billion people live in mountainous areas around the world, but we all depend, in some way, on healthy mountains and their benefits, including water, food, energy, biodiversity and...

Thirteen representatives of the Mountain Partnership Products (MPP) initiative from eight countries met in Ranikhet, India to discuss the future of promoting sustainable farming practices of smallholder farmers in mountain...

Key messages: Mountain ecosystems are home to more than one billion people, nearly 15% of the world’s population, and provide essential services, notably water regulation, for downstream areas. People living...

The Department of Agriculture of Andorra has agreed to offer strategic support to the Secretariat of the Mountain Partnership, officially becoming a ‘Champion for Mountains’. The Principality of Andorra is already...

Mountain Partnership (MP) member the Central Himalayan Institute for Nature & Applied Research (CHINAR) recently began coordinating two new programmes in the Indian Himalaya to connect people with nature. CHINAR initiated...

The Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion (CONDESAN) is investing in the development of young rural leaders, key actors for the sustainability of the mountain forests in...

About 300 rural farmers in Nepal have been trained on intensive planting techniques thanks to Mountain Partnership (MP) member EcoHimal Nepal (EHN). The trainings, which were suitable for both beginning...