The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) have released the findings of the new study called ‘The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment’, suggesting that the region’s glaciers could shrink by...

An interview with Jessica Vega  1. Please introduce yourself and the work you are doing for the Latin American Indigenous Youth Network and the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus.  The Latin American Indigenous Youth Network (Red...

The newest issue of Mountain Research and Development: Food Security and Sustainable Development in Mountains, Vol 38, No 4 is now available online. Papers in this issue cover various topics including transitioning...

For International Mountain Day (IMD), over 100 events were organized around the world on 11 December 2018, when mountaineers, mountain lovers, governments and civil society groups joined together to raise...

Several years ago, Kyrgyzstan's smallest and least populated northern region made a surprising breakthrough into the global agriculture market by becoming one of top twenty - top ten, according to...

The International Mountain Conference (IMC) will be held from 8-12 September 2019 at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. The conference is organized in collaboration with several Mountain Partnership members including the Mountain...

A tourism project that connects organic and regenerative farming producers with tourist centres in the steppe highlands of Alvelal located on the southeast coast of Spain was launched this past...

An event dedicated to promoting mutual exchange and dialogue between the Kyrgyz Sardinian community and Sardinia took place in December. Music, fashion and culture from the two countries mingled during...

The Mountain Partnership/FAO and UNDP’s Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme launched a joint program to promote mountain products with the aim of improving the lives of mountain peoples...

On 12 December 2018, during the week of International Mountain Day and of the Mountains 2018 event that took place in Nova Friburgo, the Legislative Assembly of the State of...

For International Mountain Day (IMD) 2018 and on the occasion of their 75th anniversary, the Swiss Center for Mountain Regions (SAB) organized the event titled: “75 years of development in...

Almost one billion people live in mountainous areas, and over half the human population depends on mountains for water, food, and clean energy. Still, mountain ecosystems are under siege by...

An image from a spring equinox festival on a mountain in Iran has won the annual International Mountain Day photography competition organized by FAO to heighten awareness of the importance...

Slow Food and the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, hosted by FAO, have signed an agreement to improve the livelihoods of mountain people, with special focus on Cordillera's mountain community in the...

To mark International Mountain Day, the Mountain Partnership (MP) will celebrate by attending several events all over the world on 11 December 2018. This year’s International Mountain Day theme, #MountainsMatter, is...

Integrating the Institute for Sustainable Mountain Development (IISUMOD)’s development plans and their activities into sustainable mountain development agendas at local and global levels in the Himalaya and beyond requires urgent action...

From 26 - 29 November, 18 participants representing 18 different countries participated in “Measuring the Mountain Green Cover Index“ in a capacity building workshop at the Food and Agriculture Organization...

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) in close collaboration with the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) has developed a database and an interactive map which connects indigenous mountain communities and the...

Following fifteen years of efforts , the official Romanian “Mountain Law” for a better future in mountain areas was adopted during the 11th “Euromontana” Convention that took place 25-27 September...

Mountain transboundary cooperation was the topic of a one-day expert workshop organized by the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) of the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, on...