The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) has launched a $9.8 million five-year conservation strategy for the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot, which comprises mountainous areas stretching from Saudi Arabia to Mozambique. The...

The growing global demand for medicinal and aromatic plants could help drive Nepal’s green economy, according to a new study from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in collaboraion with...

Sweet apples grown in the Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh are gradually losing their taste as a result of climate change, according to reports. Farmers of the remote Mechuka valley in...

African members of the Mountain Partnership have agreed to create a new Mountain Partnership African Champions Committee to move the region's sustainable mountain development agenda forward. At a regional meeting of...

Applications are now open for a four-week training programme on capacity building in Himalayan glaciology organised by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, under the auspices of the National Mission for...

A project to improve food security among vulnerable rural groups coordinated by Mountain Partnership member the International Potato Centre (CIP) is underway in four Latin American countries. In the Andes, the...

The Revue de Géographie Alpine /Journal of Alpine Research, one of the oldest geographical journals in circulation, is celebrating its centenary in 2013 with a competition for young researchers working...

African members of the Mountain Partnership will meet in Kigali, Rwanda on 20 February for a regional meeting on the sustainable development of Africa’s mountains. Entitled Enhancing the Mountain Partnership in...

Mountain Partnership members the Aspen International Mountain Foundation (AIMF) and the Telluride Institute have created a Mountain Partnership regional hub for North America. The aim of the hub is to...

Mountain Partnership member Soluciones Prácticas (Practical Action) has signed an agreement with Asociación Integral San Antonio de Qutapiqiña to work on a project to strengthen local economic development and natural...

UNESCO has launched a Spanish version of its environmental education kit for mountain countries.The kit, which was launched in English and French last year, is intended for secondary and late...

Unprecedented dam building in the Indian Himalayas holds serious consequences for biodiversity and could pose a threat to human lives and livelihoods, a new study has found. A team of researchers...

The European Forest Institute and the Edmund Mach Foundation have announced a new mountain forest project centre in northern Italy. The MOUNTFOR Consortium will be located in San Michele all’Adige, Italy,...

The Fouta Djallon Highlands Integrated Natural Resources Management Project, implemented jointly by the African Union (AU), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...

UNEP and partners have published a new report, ‘The Role and Contribution of Montane Forests and Related Ecosystem Services to the Kenyan Economy’.  The montane forests of Kenya produce direct economic...

The Consortium for Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion (CONDESAN) is producing and broadcasting InfoAndina TV, a weekly web TV program which airs on Thursdays at 7pm (GMT-5) through the...

The latest issue of Mountain Research and Development (volume 32, issue 4) is now online with open access to all articles. Three Mountain Development articles present an approach comparing forest...

The Eco-Forum of Uzbekistan is implementing a targeted programme for public participation in the integrated development of mountain areas. This year it carried out projects to create a sustainable mechanism for...

CEE Himalaya is working to strengthen livelihoods through the sustainable use of medicinal plants as part of a UNDP-GEF funded project in Uttarakhand, India. Working in three medicinal plant conservation sites,...

Over 15 representatives from the Middle East and North African (MENA) region met in Marrakech this week to discuss the effects of climate change in mountains. After two days of...