In December 2017, Francisco Javier Sendra, the Provincial Deputy of Environmental Matters of Alicante, Spain, attended the fifth Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership at the Food and Agriculture Organization...
Thirty oil-on-canvas paintings, each created by a young female artist from the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan, were put on display in an exhibition about the beauty, biodiversity...
Around 80 forestry and biodiversity researchers from the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Forest Authority (PNGFA), PNG Forest Research Institute (PNGFRI), PNG University of Technology, University of PNG and Binatang Research...
On 5-8 February 2017, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in Rome, Italy, hosted a workshop on rural-urban dynamics. The workshop “Feeding the cities: promoting...
The Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, together with the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences and World Agroforestry Centre would like to invite contributions for the second International...
The Kyrgyz National Energy Globe Award ceremony was held on 30 November 2017 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The team of the Aiyl Demi ("Rural Life") newspaper, the Kyrgyz national winner of...
Both North and Central America, the Caribbean and South America marked International Mountain Day (IMD) in 2017 through various events in Argentina, Canada, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Peru, the United States...
From the Alps to the Apennines to the Carpathians and beyond, International Mountain Day (IMD) was widely observed in Europe throughout the month of December. The Alpine Convention hosted the...
The Mountain Partnership Secretariat is looking for qualified, motivated sustainable mountain development specialists to support its work at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in...
Throughout Asia, governments, organizations and individuals enthusiastically observed International Mountain Day (IMD) in December 2017. The theme “Mountains under pressure: climate, hunger, migration” was the focus of many Mountain Partnership...
Governments and organizations throughout the African continent held events to honour International Mountain Day (IMD) 2017. The sixth edition of Algeria’s National Mountain Festival, hosted by the Association Assirem Gouraya,...
The Rapporto Montagne Italia 2017 (2017 Italian Mountains Report) was presented on 30 January 2018 in the House of Commons in Rome. Now in its third edition, the report is...
Over 180 events marked International Mountain Day (IMD) around the world on 11 December 2017, when mountaineers, mountain lovers, governments and civil society groups gathered to celebrate mountain peoples and...
A joint written statement by Mountain Partnership members the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and The Mountain Institute, together with the Utah China Friendship Improvement Sharing Hands and Development and...
The International Commission for the Protection of the Alps (CIPRA) seeks a new managing director to start at the beginning of May 2018. The position includes the management of the...
After four days of discussion on resilience issues in the Hindu Kush Himalaya, Nepal’s Ministry of Population and the Environment and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) closed...
People living in remote, rural communities in Tajikistan face serious difficulties accessing energy sources. This is one of the main reasons for the increased pressure on natural resources in mountain...
The written statement contributed by Mountain Partnership members The Mountain Institute and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, together with the Utah China Friendship Improvement Sharing Hands Development and Commerce...
The new issue of the journal Mountain Research and Development (MRD) focuses on the implications of out- and in-migration on the sustainable development of mountains around the world. Papers in...
The fifth edition of the Forum "Origin, Diversity and Territories" (ODT) was held on 1 December 2017 in Bulle, Switzerland and celebrated mountains under the theme "Designing sustainable mountain food...
