Mountain Partnership
07/06/2024
As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded, every increment of global warming matters. Climate change impacts will be vastly different at 2°C of warming compared to 1.5°C....
28/05/2024
“Without cohesive and effective adaptation and mitigation plans, climate change has the capacity to undo the progress of development and plunge millions more into poverty,” said the Prime Minister of...
24/05/2024
On 10 May, the Governments of Kyrgyzstan, Italy and Nepal, in collaboration with the UN Group of Friends for Mountains, hosted a side event at the 19th Session of the...
15/05/2024
In honour of the 150th anniversary of the Museomontagna, the International Mountain Museums Alliance (IMMA) and the International Alliance for Mountain Film (IAMF) held their annual general assembly meetings together...
13/05/2024
Invest Appalachia (IA), member of the Mountain Partnership, has closed its final round of commitments to the Invest Appalachia Fund (IA Fund) with a total of USD 35.5 million. The...
06/05/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomes the resolution adopted on 2 May 2024 by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to declare 2026 as International...
02/05/2024
On 23 April, within the framework of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) co-organized a side event aligned...
25/04/2024
Recognizing the vital role of mountain youth for advancing sustainable mountain development and countering the effects of climate change on mountain environments and communities, the Mountain Youth Hub (MYH) organized...
19/04/2024
The Adaptation at Altitude team has released a short documentary that explains the global team's mission and motivation for addressing adaptation issues in the mountains. Through interviews with renowned experts,...
18/04/2024
The Global Network on Observations and Information in Mountain Environments (GEO Mountains) is a Work Programme Initiative of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), co-led by Mountain Partnership member the...
11/04/2024
The Mountain Partnership's 2023 training course "GROW – Agrobiodiversity in a changing climate" featured an innovation contest on the importance of biodiversity for creating jobs in agriculture. Participant Ysa Calderón...
02/04/2024
The University of Milan's University of the Mountain (UNIMONT) campus is now accepting applications for the master's degree programme "Valorization and sustainable development of mountain areas" (MOUNTAINSIDE – class LM-73). Taught...
26/03/2024
“Mountain solutions for a sustainable future – innovation, adaptation, youth and beyond” is the theme of this year's International Mountain Day (IMD) on 11 December. Over centuries, mountain communities have developed...
25/03/2024
The 12th World Congress on Snow, Mountain and Wellness Tourism identified key challenges, among them climate change and evolving consumer trends, while recognizing the role tourism can play in the...
22/03/2024
During a side event at the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68), Mountain Youth Hub co-founder and co-leader Ritikaa Gupta from Canada called for the...
20/03/2024
A new brief has been published that synthesizes experience and learning captured on the Adaptation at Altitude Solution Portal that show how Indigenous knowledge (also termed local or traditional knowledge) has...
14/03/2024
European mountainous regions host communities deeply entrenched in pastoral traditions within which pastoralist women play an indispensable role in sustaining local practices, preserving ecological balance, and fostering socioeconomic development. To...
12/03/2024
The Journal of Maps is inviting submissions for an article collection on geohazards and their susceptibility mapping for land use planning and risk management. Contributions concerning (but not limited to)...
06/03/2024
Mountain Partnership member the International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations launched a statement during the UN 2023 Climate Change Conference with the support of the Zero Water Day Partnership, a...
04/03/2024
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on 26 February 2024 to declare 2027 as the International Year of Sustainable and Resilient Tourism. The resolution invites the World Tourism Organization...
27/10/2021

This article was written by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat for the Mountain Research and Development journal. The COVID-19 crisis has added urgency to an already difficult situation in mountains. Mountain...

02/08/2021

The cultural and spiritual significance of nature has been defined as the spiritual, cultural, inspirational, aesthetic, historic and social meanings, values, feelings, ideas and associations that natural features and nature...

14/07/2021

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat Annual Report outlines key achievements in promoting sustainable mountain development last year in its 2020 annual report. The publication documents the Secretariat’s work in the areas...

09/07/2021

This publication presents a collection of case studies by Mountain Partnership (MP) members from around the world, highlighting experiences of agroecological mountain farming systems. It aims to increase attention toward...

15/06/2021

This White/Wiphala paper on Indigenous Peoples’ food systems is the result of collective work by Indigenous Peoples’ representatives and experts, scientists, researchers, and UN staff. Over 47 different units, organizations and institutions, including the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, have contributed to the Paper from the seven socio-cultural regions...

07/05/2021

In November 2020, the CBD Subsidiary Body On Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (CBD/SBSTTA/24/3Add.13) released a set of indicators to support the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. This brief highlights the...

07/05/2021

Mountains are vital for the conservation of biodiversity, and mountain people are critical to managing and protecting biodiversity. In this policy note, the Mountain Partnership calls on the Parties to...

26/04/2021

As a contribution to the discussion on sustainable food systems in mountains in the lead up to the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, an info sheet has been developed by...

22/04/2021

People and the planet are only as healthy as the ecosystems we all depend on. Bringing degraded ecosystems back to life – for example by planting trees, cleaning up riverbanks...

01/03/2021

This publication provides a comprehensive guide for developing and managing hiking trails. It covers planning, design, construction, safety and environmental standards, and highlights tools for digital promotion and community engagement. By linking cultural, natural and recreational values, it supports sustainable tourism, local development and the preservation of mountain heritage.

01/03/2021

This "Hiking Development Guide: Territories and Trails" is intended for communities in China and elsewhere. Practical and comprehensive, it is an essential tool and offers strategic and technical assistance to those developing hiking projects, the most popular touristic and sports activity is the world.

11/12/2020

This study, the third of its type published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), adds further evidence that in mountain regions of developing countries, food...

12/08/2020

Mountain Partnership Steering Committee 2020 Summary Report Download

29/07/2020

In this recipe book, we feature the top 30 recipes from the International Mountain Day 2019 contest, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and...

29/07/2020

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat Annual Report outlines key achievements in promoting sustainable mountain development last year in its 2019 annual report. The publication documents the Secretariat’s work in the areas...

13/07/2020

High-level Political Forum (HLPF) 2020 Side Event: "Mountains and the decade of action and delivery" Download

04/06/2020

Living Chapel launch event agenda Download

21/04/2020

This document presents the Mountain Partnership strategy and governance for the period 2018 to 2021.   Download here

02/04/2020

Euromontana has created a timely factsheet to better consider mountain areas’ specificities and needs to address the challenges faced by managing authorities of mountain communities. Available in English and French, the factsheet...

26/03/2020

This article was written by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat Coordinator Yuka Makino for the Mountain Research and Development journal. The article outlines the ways in which the Food and Agriculture...