The Mountain Protected Areas Network has issued the eighty-eighth edition of its newsletter, called “UPDATE”. Edited by Dr Lawrence Hamilton, the newsletter summarizes key updates and news on mountain protected...

Costin C. Kiritescu National Institute for Economic Research of the Romanian Academy with financial support from European Fund for Regional Development is formulating a project to enhance research capacity of...

My many colleagues at the organizing committee of the International Women of the Mountains Conference and I were saddened to learn of former Utah Governor Olene Walker’s passing on 28...

The new “wgms Glacier App”, developed by the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), shows how glaciers have evolved around the globe and is being launched on 2 December 2015 in...

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat is especially grateful for the support of its volunteers and interns, including Samantha Abear, whose volunteer term ends in December 2015. Prior to joining the MPS...

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat and numerous Mountain Partnership members are organizing side events, photo exhibitions and other events to bring attention to mountains during the 21st session of the Conference...

In 2015, environmental organization Little Earth installed two more solar photovoltaic systems in schools in the Bartang valley area of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan. This activity was implemented within the...

The Italian Society of Soil Science (SISS) is organizing a joint international summer school for Phd students and young researchers on studying soil processes in mountain ecosystems to be held...

The Government of Switzerland is planning to propose an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Mountains, for which the support of specialized institutions and organizations is requested....

A group of government officials, intergovernmental agency workers, academics and civil society members decided, on 12-13 November 2015 in Ventimiglia, Italy, to continue working toward forming a network for Mediterranean...

Mountain Partnership member Active Remedy Ltd has recently released a document looking into the new UN sustainable development plan, 'Transforming Our World; the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development'. They have...

A new global database for the collection of data relevant to mountains will be launched in 2016 by researchers at Utah Valley University in Utah, USA. The database, called ‘Summit’,...

Call for symposia: the first International Conference on Research for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions (ICRSDMR) invites proposals for symposia sessions (parallel sessions during the conference) to be submitted by...

His Holiness, the Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang, Ambassador of the Mountain Partnership, is one of many religious leaders from around the world standing behind a petition that urges the international community...

The call for the 21st session of the Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC (referred to as COP21) to include safeguarding mountains in their agenda was reinforced on 12 November...

Hundreds of people gathered at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy on 8 November for the March for the Earth. Earth Day Italia Onlus, with support from the international Earth Day...

Ama Dablam is not just a Himalayan peak - in the Khumbu valley it is part of one of the most beautiful mountain ranges on the planet. Strategically located halfway...

Mountain products and services can greatly increase mountain livelihoods. Though mountain agriculture cannot compete with the prices and volumes of lowland production, it can concentrate on high value, high quality...

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) and Global Island Partnership (GLISPA) jointly organized a panel discussion, “Promoting Innovation While Ensuring Environmental Sustainability in Islands and Mountain regions”, chaired by the Italian...

The situation of wisent (European Bison – Bison bonasus), the largest terrestrial mammal on the continent, is far from secure. After centuries of habitat loss and degradation and severe poaching...