The Forest and Farm Facility is looking for apex regional (i.e. present in more than one country) and global forest and farm producers’ organizations, or consortia of such organizations, to...

The deadline for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to apply for consultative status with the United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is approaching. Seventeen Mountain Partnership members currently have ECOSOC...

On 16 April 2019, the Networks of Centres of Excellence program announced that the Canadian Mountain Network (CMN) will receive $18.3 million in funding over five years (2019–2024). With this new...

Antoine Guisan at the University of Lausanne has launched several PhD and Post-Doc positions.  PhD position in Spatial Planning for Biodiversity Conservation To complete its team, the Institute of Earth Surface Dynamic...

Registration for Grow Summer School, “Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate” is now open. The summer school will take place from 18 - 26 September 2019 in Rome, Italy. Sustainable production practices...

Interview with Sejuti Sarkar De, Society for Natural Resource Management and Community Development (SNRMCD) 1. Could you give us a brief introduction to SNRMCD? SNRMCD is a NGO that has been working...

The representatives of twelve Mountain Partnership (MP) member organizations from Nepal, India, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Peru, Panama and Vietnam met in Ranikhet, at the foothills of the Indian Himalaya, for the...

Mountain Partnership member, the Hashoo Foundation (HF) in collaboration with Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Sunbeams School System organized a plantation drive, nature walk and clean-up operation in Islamabad, Pakistan...

Mountain Partnership member, the Civil Society Initiative of the University of Central Asia’s (UCA) Graduate School of Development organized a workshop on “Citizen Engagement with Open Government Data” from 27-30...

As a part of the inaugural national celebration of the Filipino Food Month, officially proclaimed by the President last year, the Department of Tourism Cordillera Administrative region (DoT CAR) and...

An interview with René Guzmán, Agricultural Research, Production and Extension Center (CIPEA) 1. What is CIPEA and what does your work consist of? CIPEA is a small NGO based in Puno, Peru, that...

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) is currently compiling summaries of the most important results of mountain development activities since July 2016 for the United Nations Secretary General (UNSG) Report on...

FAO marked the International Day of Forests today by announcing two new forestry education initiatives aimed at raising awareness among children and young people on the sustainable use and conservation of forests. The...

We are deeply saddened to report the loss of Danielle Butler who passed away on 7 March 2019, one day before the International Women’s Day. She was the last among...

The 4th edition of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Euro-Asian Mountain Tourism Conference highlighted the need for collective efforts in overcoming current challenges that mountain destinations are facing...

“Despite serving vital functions for the ecosystem and people, mountains are facing unprecedented threats, with climate change as the main one. In this context, it is essential that we prioritize...

Arata Isozaki, the renowned Japanese architect, and designer of the master plan of the University of Central Asia (UCA) has won the coveted Pritzker Architecture Prize for 2019. He is the...

Message by International Centre on Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Director General, David Molden on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2019. Gender equality and women’s empowerment are prerequisites for prosperous societies. To begin...

The Center for Highland Studies (Centro de Estudios de Alta Montaña, CEAM) in cooperation with the Agricultural Secretariat of the Quindío Department, in the Central Andes of Colombia, launched the...

Mountain Partnership member Fundacion CoMunidad, the Parsons School of Design in New York City and the local mountain population of La Yeguada in Panama have partnered up to create household...