Standing in the midst of the eerie silence surrounded by debris in Thulo Haku, a village in the upper belt of Rasuwa district in central Nepal, one could have easily...

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) is currently compiling summaries of the most important results of mountain development activities since July 2013 for the United Nations Secretary General (UNSG) Report on...

Twenty-five years have passed since the Alpine Convention was established. In its Annual Report, the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps (CIPRA International) focuses on the role the international...

Several Andean organizations, among which Mountain Partnership members, are working on mountain ecosystems, allowing for closer collaboration and cooperation. Asociacion OIKOS and Consortium for Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion (CONDESAN)..

The University of Denver - Western Colorado Master Social Work Programme, Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW), demonstrates its commitment to the Mountain Partnership’s mission - to improve the lives...

The Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE), an initiative focused on providing access to energy and education opportunities to remote mountainous communities, proposes forming a Mountain Partnership Energy Access Group. Mountain Partnership members...

A new initiative will focus on implementing research-based interventions to support the food security and reduce the vulnerability of smallholder farming families in Jimma Highlands, Ethiopia, Taita Hills and Murang’a,...

In order to implement the pilot test of local urban indicators of the global campaign ‘Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready’, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk...

Euromontana, the European Association of Mountain areas with the Mountain Research Centre (CIMO) of the Polytechnic institute of Bragança (IPB) and the Association for the Development of Viticulture in the...

Massive floods and landslides in June 2013 in the state of Uttarakhand were some of India’s worst natural disasters. The “Himalayan Tragedy” highlighted the extreme consequences of climate change, raising...

Mountain Wilderness, a member of the Mountain Partnership, is conscious of the significant impact climate change is having on the world's mountains. As part of a campaign to limit the...

Mountain ecosystems and communities are extremely vulnerable to climate change. There is evidence that temperatures are rising faster at higher altitudes. High mountains are ‘highly temperature sensitive regions’, with several...

The climate threat is real, but its impacts on water resources are further compounded by socioeconomic and demographic pressures, especially on women. This is the reality today in Koshi River...

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) reflects on its key achievements in promoting sustainable mountain development (SMD) last year in its 2015 annual report. Called “Our Journey in 2015: Mountain Partnership...

The Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention is organizing a crossing of the Alps for journalists in early summer, with the aim of raising awareness on the challenges and opportunities of...

At the Mountain Futures Conference held on1-4 March 2016 in Kunming, China, stakeholders in the world’s mountainous areas put their backs into the Mountain Futures Initiative, which seeks to combine...

The Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) has announced that its fourth expedition will be to Ladakh, India, in June 2016. This year the carefully selected team will light up the 2550-year-old Phuktal...

The International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) and Michigan State University (MSU), USA, held an international seminar, called "Organic farming with orientation on biological pesticides and resistant varieties of crops"...

Utah Valley University students and faculty commemorated International Women’s Day for the first time by hosting several events during the week of 1-8 March 2016. UVU’s Women’s Success Center started...

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat is pleased to announce the ninth International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas, or IPROMO, as the training programme on sustainable...