More than 300 journalists, government officials, environmental researchers and students came together for the Seventh Scientific Journalism Seminar in Loja, Ecuador, 16-17 May, organized by the Foundation for Integration and...

Government representatives from six Andean countries met in Quito, Ecuador in May for the first workshop of the regional technical cooperation project “Fortalecimiento de la gestión participativa para el desarrollo...

A project by the Moroccan government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to develop agricultural commodities in the mountain areas of Al Haouz, Morocco, is moving into its...

Applications are open for the Rolex Awards for Enterprise, which are given for new or ongoing projects anywhere in the world that deserve support for their capacity to improve lives...

Preregistration is now open for the Central Asian Mountain Program (CAMP) Forum, which will take place 27-29 August this year in Kalmak Ashu village, Chuy Oblast, Kyrgyzstan. The topic of...

The director-general of the Mountain Institute, Andrew Taber, has given a video interview about the work of the Institute and the mountain agenda. Taber discusses working to alleviate climate change and...

A scholarship towards the costs of participating in a part-time online MSc Sustainable Mountain Development offered by the University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland, is available for one student...

The development of a strategy focusing on sustainable tourism development is under way in the countries of the Carpathian Mountains – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and...

Kyrgyz Republic-based Mountain Partnership members met with national consultants working on a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)/Global Environment Facility (GEF) project on sustainable mountain forest management in Bishkek on 5...

Places are available for the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) MSc in Sustainable Mountain Development, an online, part-time interdisciplinary degree addressing social, environmental, economic, and professional development issues...

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is organizing a digital photo contest on the theme of 'Water and Life' to celebrate its 30th anniversary, coinciding with the United...

The Bolivian Mountain Institute (BMI) is participating in BIO-THAW, an international project to model biodiversity and land use interactions under changing glacial water availability in the tropical high Andean wetlands of...

The Public Foundation Mountain Societies Development Support Programme (MSDSP KG) is working on two projects in Kyrgyzstan. The first has opened 18 community-based kindergartens in villages of Osh province to support...

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the ŠKODA Division of MAW Enterprises Private Limited have entered into a partnership to improve air quality in Nepal and raise...

Soluciones Prácticas has created the largest digital repository of information on camelid farming in Latin America - a sector that involves more than 150,000 families in Peru and Bolivia. Currently the...

The International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) is accepting nominations for its global stewardship award, the UIAA Mountain Protection Award. The award aims to highlight tourism activities that promote conservation of...

Mountain Partnership member Active Remedy has contributed to a United Nations Analytical Brief on water security.Released in March to coincide with World Water Day, the brief explains issues of concern...

The first workshop in the preparation of a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)/Global Environment Facility (GEF) project on “Sustainable management of mountain forests and land resources of the Kyrgyz Republic...

Experts from Asian mountains committed themselves to working together for social and ecological resilience to climate change at the Regional Workshop on Climate Change Impacts in Asian Mountains in...

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat, the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) are planning a publication on...