On 16 October 2014, the Mountain Partnership (MP) Central Asia Hub, jointly with the Agency of Development Initiatives (ADI)  and the offices of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...

Mountain Partnership members expressed their interest in working with fellow members in an online survey conducted  by the International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) in June 2014. Nearly...

The Committee for Sustainable Development of the Mountain Regions of Argentina reports the latest mountain-related news, projects and upcoming workshops in its August-September newsletter. The monthly newsletter in Spanish opens with...

Bibiana Vilá, Principal Researcher of Argentina’s National Research Council (CONICET) and Director of Vicuñas, Camelids and Environment (VICAM) was awarded the 2014 Midori prize in September for her achievements in...

Alpine water is the source of life for millions of people inside and outside the Alps. The traditional biannual Water Conference for the Alps took place on 24-25 September 2014 in...

Financial inclusion is being implemented in India with great vigor and vitality both by the previous Congress government and the present Modi’s government. Mountainous regions face special challenges to financial...

A workshop strengthened the connection between two mountain areas in the heart of Europe - the Alps and the Ardennes. International, national, regional and local authorities, the scientific community and...

In a tiny village called Chepuwa in the Sankhuwasabha district of Nepal, high in the Himalayas and almost four days’ trek from the nearest road, Mikmar Bhote has been growing...

The European Association of Elected Representatives from Mountain Areas in Poland and Wojtowice - Back to the future,  an NGO whose mission is to promote sustainable mountain development (SMD) in...

The Chilean Mountain Committee was created on 12 September 2014. Seven ministers and seven service chiefs signed a decree forming a working group, which will aim to advise diverse state...

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) with its partners has been engaged in developing transboundary landscapes applying an ecosystem approach. For this purpose, seven transboundary landscapes have been...

A Member of India’s Parliament told a group gathered by  the Central Himalayan Environment Association (CHEA) on 13 September 2014 at Nainital, in the northwestern region of Uttarakhand, that the...

The National Meteorological Institute of Costa Rica plans to observe International Mountain Day at Bajos de Zúñiga, in San Ramón, located in the mountains in the middle of the Central American country. The...

Agency of Development Initiatives (ADI), a network of women self-help groups in Kyrgyzstan, is actively introducing an early warning weather system among its members. This initiative is implemented as part...

The Mountain Regions Development Conference in Kazbegi, Georgia, is developing a conceptual vision that will be submitted to the Commission for Development of Mountainous Regions, who will deliberate whether to...

Spanning some 7 500 km across Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and part of Venezuela, the Andes foster a way of life for more than 82 million people. The...

To commemorate the five-year anniversary of the Dolomites being named a World Heritage site, Mountain Wilderness Italy held a hike at Croda Rossa on 2 and 3 August 2014.At the...

It is with great sadness that we report the loss of one the Mountain Partnership’s focal points. Louis Pascal Camara, who worked at the Ministry of Energy and Environment of...

Destinations for skiing, climbing, hiking, taking in beautiful landscapes, discovering new cultures and exploring the past, mountains attract tourists for a multitude of reasons. Roughly 15 to 20 percent of...

To orient and build the media’s capacity to report on climate change and development issues, Centre for Environment Education (CEE) Himalaya and The Third Pole conducted a workshop on 30...