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...

The Indian Himalayas Climate Adaptation Programme (IHCAP) of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation in partnership with the Third Pole invite professional journalists to submit their media reports on...

Mountain countries and organizations urged the UN on 8 January 2014 in New York, USA, to include mountains in the Post-2015 development agenda as they are ‘vital to sustainable development’....

The directors of Active Remedy Ltd., Stella and Tara Joy, spoke at UN Women UK Corporate Advisory Group meeting on water and sanitation on 13 November 2013 in London, England,...

The Permanent Mission of Argentina, together with the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), celebrated International Mountain Day (IMD) with an...

To mark the UN International Mountain Day, a publication called ‘Mountain Farming is Family Farming’ has been launched today.   The publication is a contribution from mountain areas to the International...

“The important role played by mountains in freshwater supply and regulation justifies their reputation as ‘water towers’ of the world,” according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization...

This year’s spot for International Mountain Day shows why mountains matter by providing crucial facts and figures. Mountains cover over a quarter of the earth’s land area, are home to...

The Association of Forest and Land Users of Kyrgyzstan (AFLU) held a National Forum with its members in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on 22 November 2013. Grown from ten in 2010 to...

Local community empowerment is essential to building climate change resilience in mountains, concluded the panelists and participants at a two-hour session moderated by Thomas Hofer, Coordinator of the Mountain Partnership...

The Agency for Development Initiatives (ADI), a network of women self-help groups in Kyrgyzstan, is hosting a group of Afghan women, who arrived on 19 November 2013 for a seven-day...

Les Compagnons Ruraux, a Togolese non-governmental organization (NGO) that promotes the conservation of mountain ecosystems and their biodiversity, is looking for partners and donors to set up field activities in...

As a result of the interaction between the Municipality of Dénia (Spain) and Consortium for Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion (CONDESAN) at the Fourth Global Meeting of the Mountain...

The international conference, “Knowledge and Practices of Rural Communities,” closed with a 15-point declaration appealing to policy makers of the Andean region to support family farming on 1-3 October 2013...

The Mountain Focus Group, a group of countries committed to sustainable mountain development, strategized on ways to include mountain-related issues in the Post-2015 development agenda on 17 October 2013. Gathered...