Swiss Re Foundation is accepting proposals for its International ReSource Award for Sustainable Watershed Management until 30 April 2014. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), private, scientific and public institutions are encouraged to...

Utah International Mountain Forum (UIMF), a coalition of student clubs at Utah Valley University (UVU) , hosts a number of events in the state of Utah to further the agenda of...

Lessons learned from the Uttarakhand Disaster, one of the biggest flooding disasters in the history of India, were discussed at the Forest Research Institute in Dehradun, India, on 26 March...

The 100 participants from 30 countries attending the International Conference on Organic and Ecological Agriculture in Mountain Ecosystems developed an action plan for the transition towards organic agriculture and food...

The first Mountain Protection Award, an initiative of International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA), sponsored by Western University of Azerbaijan, was given to a conservation project in the Ethiopian Northern Highlands on...

The first Mountain Protection Award, an initiative of International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA), sponsored by Western University of Azerbaijan, was given to a conservation project in the Ethiopian Northern...

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), an inter-governmental knowledge organization, is currently looking for qualified candidates to fill various positions in the centre’s regional programmes. Based in Kathmandu,...

The Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) and the University of Reno have extended the deadline for abstracts till 11 April 2014 for the Global Fair and Workshop on Long-Term Observatories of Mountain...

Papers in Volume 34, Issue 1, which is now available online and open access, address issues from governance to human-nature interaction and assessments of biophysical dynamics in mountains. They explore...

Small-scale agriculture and food security in mountains are among the topics on the World Mountain Forum agenda. Please send your abstracts for the international conference that will take place in...

In Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 47 climate change practitioners, scientists and researchers met with government and non-governmental organization representatives on February 25, 2014, to discuss institutional and political frameworks for coping and...

Residents of Midenshor Village in the remote western Pamir Mountains of  Tajikistan will soon have access to drinking water thanks to the Alliance of Central Asian Mountain Communities (AGOCA), a...

The ‘Learning Events Programme for Researchers from Developing Countries’ is accepting grant applications from researchers from developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America that are working with Swiss institutions....

The changing amount, frequency, predictability and seasonality of rainfall hinder food security and influence migration patterns in mountain areas of Guatemala, Peru and Tanzania. Research carried out by the United...

A scholarship towards the costs of participating in the part-time online Master's of Science (MSc) in Sustainable Mountain Development offered by the University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland, is...

Quique Dacosta, renowned chef with three Michelin stars, and Thomas Hofer, Coordinator of the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, met in Dénia, Spain, on 15 February 2014. They discussed embarking on a...

Diplomats from twenty countries convened at the Permanent Mission of Peru to the United Nations in New York, USA, on 6 February 2014 to discuss how to integrate mountains in...

Emphatic calls were made for mountains and forests to be prominently featured in the Post-2015 development agenda during a 5 February 2014 event at UN headquarters in New York as...

A series of workshops and conferences is being held to improve wildfire suppression in protected areas in Armenia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine, as the threat posed by fires...

International Mountain Day (IMD), celebrated on 11 December 2013, was organized around the theme of how mountains are key to sustainable development.  Over 50 events were held worldwide, with various...