Professors, students and researchers of economics from around the world discussed the importance of sustainable mountain economies and how to promote development in mountain areas in Guiyang, China, on 6-8...

Diplomats representing 15 governments and heads of several US-based Major Groups decided on 29 April 2014 that the mountain agenda should hone in on two succinct but compelling arguments for...

Vicki Fenwick-Judy is The Mountain Institute’s (TMI) new Appalachia Program Director. In this role, she will be taking up the leadership of the US-based organization’s environmental, watershed and wilderness education...

WikiAlps, an encyclopaedia-like platform, will go online in May 2014 and provide ready-to-use information about selected territorial development European Union (EU) projects to support policy making. The online platform will...

A new issues brief calling for mountains to be recognized in the sustainable development goals (SDGs) was issued by the Mountain Partnership in April 2014. The United Nations (UN) is...

A report on the status of how young people are participating in decision making in the seven Alpine states has been released by International Commission for the Protection of the...

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...