Members of the African Mountain Partnership will attend the fifth special session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) in Gaborone, Republic of Botswana, on 15-18 October 2013,...

The Mountain Partnership (MP) will hold a two-hour session called “Building Climate Change Resilience in Mountains” during the Global Landscapes Forum on 16 November 2013 in Warsaw, Poland. The two-day...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is joining forces with the Edmund Mach Foundation (FEM), a non-profit organization based in Italy specialized in agricultural, nutritional and...

‘Mountains: Our Life, Our Future – Progress and perspectives on sustainable mountain development,’ a publication launched at the Fourth Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership, examines the environmental and social...

Immediately after the Fourth Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership proceedings drew to a close on 19 September 2013, the new Mountain Partnership Steering Committee (SC) convened in Erzurum, Turkey....

The 4th Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership (MP) took place at the Xanadu Snow White Hotel in Erzurum, Turkey from 17-19 September 2013. On 20 September participants went on...

The UN Secretary-General report on sustainable mountain development (SMD) has been released: it focuses on relevant key activities implemented at both national, regional and international level between 2011 and 2013....

Members of the Mountain Partnership have approved a new four-year strategy at the Fourth Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership (MP) in Erzurum, Turkey. The strategy, which will be implemented...

Over 100 members are expected for the Fourth Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership that will take place in Erzurum, Turkey, 17-20 September 2013. The global meeting will be key...

Move on Green (MOG), a project that promotes sustainable transport in European rural and mountain areas, has produced a good practice guide assembling 51 practices that have successfully improved mobility...

This year 80 representatives attended the Central Asian Mountain Program (CAMP) Forum, the topic of which was Energy - Efficiency - Future: Access and innovation for mountain communities. Held on...

2013 marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Cairngorms National Park, the largest in the UK.  Its mountain massif contains five of the UK's six highest mountains, its highest...

The MountEE sustainable public building project has released a video showcasing how attractive and ecologically sound architecture can be created in the mountain areas of Europe. Mountain towns from Sweden to...

Dr Jane Pratt, a staunch advocate for mountain communities and environments, passed away on 12 August 2013 at home in Virginia, USA. Pratt’s 35-year career in the field of sustainable development...

The Sustainable Development Forum Nagaland (SDFN) and India Water Portal have issued a call for contributions for their upcoming 3rd Mountain Development Summit that will take place in Kohima, India,...

The University of Central Asia (UCA), through its Mountain Societies Research Institute (MSRI), is offering fellowships to strengthen the capacity of researchers from Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and the Kyrgyz Republic to...

The Agency of Development Initiatives (ADI) is stepping up a private partnership project working with women’s self-help groups to supply organic valerian from Kyrgyzstan to Europe.Two years in to the...

The Ev-K2-CNR Committee has recruited a yeti to help explain climate change in mountains to a wide audience. So far six video episodes have been released on YouTube showing Alfred the...

The Alpine Convention has welcomed a new secretary general, Markus Reiterer, who took up his new role at the start of July. The 45-year-old lawyer and diplomat is the first Austrian...

Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Company has received a major international award for its innovative development work in mountain coffee communities throughout Asia, Africa and the Americas. Founder and CEO Dean Cycon...