The Committee for Sustainable Development of the Mountain Regions of Argentina released the ninth edition of its newsletter, covering mountain-related news from October and November 2014. The newsletter in Spanish features...

It’s hell in the mountains. I know because I just got back from the Sierra Nevada: Alcazaba, Mulhacén, Veleta and a few other peaks in Spain. They’re not really high...

To spur worldwide celebrations of International Mountain Day (IMD) on 11 December, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat has produced a three-minute video, highlighting the vital role of mountains in sustaining livelihoods across...

When does modernization in mountains lead to sustainable development? Post-growth, common-welfare, and transition debates are changing the modernization paradigm that influences development in mountains and elsewhere. How can industrialization and...

The Italian State Secretary of the Ministry of the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea, Barbara Degani, presided over the XIII. Alpine Conference where ministers and high representatives from...

The Mountain Societies Research Institute of the University of Central Asia (UCA) is seeking a Director. The new Mountain Societies Research Institute (MSRI) director will work with the Dean of Arts...

A new global alliance of mountain protected areas, the Federation of Mountain Protected Areas (FMPA), was announced at the sixth International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Parks Congress...

The Mountain Research Initiative requests your help in identifying recent evidence-based assessments of mountain areas that address, directly or indirectly, sustainable mountain development (SMD). By "evidence-based assessment" we mean "based...

The Mountain Partnership Central Asia Hub organized for the Amanovs, a family of farmers, to visit the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) office in Bishkek, Kyrgyz...

Urgent action must be taken to address climate change in Nepal’s mountain areas, deemed a conference in Rara, Nepal, on 30-31 October 2014. More than 200 government officials, civil society...

For more than 20 years, ProMONT-BLANC,  a  tri-national umbrella non-governmental organization (NGO),  has been urging international protection status for the highest mountain massif in the European Alps and in the...

A new book, “Values of Naryn: Breathing Sacredness and Precious Wisdom,” is dedicated to sacred sites and previously unrecorded knowledge on spiritual and household practices, rituals, customs and oral history...

A broad alliance of twenty conservation organizations and citizens' groups, among which Mountain Wilderness Austria, a member of the Mountain Partnership, met in the centre of Innsbruck, Austria, on 25...

Experts from the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region and around the world came together to map new ways forward for sharing knowledge, increasing engagement and building strong partnerships to open...

The 2014 International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) Mountain Protection Award was presented to Pamir Horse Adventure, a Tajikstan-based community tour operator, for its conservation and tourism development initiatives in the...

To aid in bringing greater attention to the importance of the worlds’ mountain regions, UK-based Mountain Partnership member, Active Remedy Ltd created and launched a new, interactive website on 18...

Forestry policy makers, forest economists, scientists and researchers from all over the world are expected to register for a unique online conference entitled, “The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation Options...

International plans to coordinate Africa’s mountain agenda were started in Arusha, Tanzania, on 22-24 October 2014 when more than 100 participants gathered for the First African Mountains Regional Forum. The goal...

  Mountain Research and Development is planning a Focus Issue on “Observing Mountains and Sharing Knowledge”. The speed, nature, and dimension of changes in mountains pose complex challenges for mountain societies and...

Three hundred people from more than 15 European countries attended the Ninth European Mountain Convention on “Quality from the Mountains: Prosperity for the People and Territories” on 22-24 October 2014...