The 25-member Emergency Response Team of Karnali Integrated Rural Development and Research Centre (KIRDARC) is engaged in emergency relief support including in Nepal, following the 25 April 2015 earthquake, in...

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) reflects on its key achievements in promoting sustainable mountain development (SMD) last year in its 2014 annual report. Using mountain climbing as an analogy to...

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Task Force on Geo-hazards continued to map and assess hazards created by landslides, rock falls and avalanches in the aftermath of the...

At a ceremony at the Stimson Center in Washington DC, USA, on 6 May, Eduardo Rojas-Briales, FAO Assistant Director-General for Forestry, announced the appointment of His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgön...

The Regional consultative meeting of the Major Groups and Stakeholders in Latin America and  the Caribbean 2015 of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) was held on 7 May 2015...

Mountains 2016 is an international event about the sustainable development of mountains in Europe and the world, based on science, knowledge and innovation. It will bring together scientists, farmers, decision-makers,...

Mountain Wilderness Catalonia will organize a meeting for the defence of silence in the mountains on Sunday 17 May 2015 at Prat de Cadi (Cerdanya) in the Catalonian Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain.In a world...

In Montefortino, a breathtakingly beautiful mountain village in Central Italy, Alice Alessandrini started a mountain food label in 2012.  Her pasta making business ‘Regina dei Sibillini’ produces wheat in the...

Utah Valley University has funds to bring six women entrepreneurs from mountain nations to Utah in October 2015. Together with the International University of Kyrgyzstan, UVU will host the Fourth International...

The Khatmandu-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) would like to express its deep sympathy for all those who have been affected by the recent earthquake affecting Nepal and ICIMOD’s regional...

A week-long celebration on 4-11 June 2015, organized by mountainous countries and other members belonging to the Mountain Partnership, will promote sustainable mountain development at this year’s Universal Exposition, or...

  This shock which has hit Nepal and neighbouring countries – so close to my heart, having lived in Kathmandu with my family in the past – makes me very sad....

Forest fires including in mountainous areas are a global problem that affect ecosystem services as much as the economy and human health.. The National Commission of Forest Fires (Comisión Nacional de...

His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco honoured a Mountain Partnership side event with his presence during the 7th World Water Forum in Daegu & Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea,...

Albertina is a ten-year old primary school girl from a village near Mt. Kilimanjaro the highest mountain in Africa. Like any other pupil she is aware of the importance of...

The Utah Valley Mountain Forum (UIMF), a coalition of student clubs at Utah Valley University (UVU) hosted several events as preparatory gatherings for the Fourth International Women of the Mountains...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Forestry Division is seeking a Chief Technical Advisor for a Global Environment Facility (GEF) co-funded project in Iran on “Rehabilitation...

The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) invites applications from organizations for grants up to 30 000 euros to support conservation projects that protect threatened species or habitat in any country...

Water, in light of changing climate, growing populations and increasing pressures from conflicting users, has become a popular topic. The release in April 2015 of two major reports, ‘Towards a...

Rob Blair, founding member of Mountain Studies Institute and Mountain Partnership alternate focal point, passed away on 27 February 2015 at the age of 71. His colleagues remember him as...