Рио-де-Жанейро, Бразилия. Более 70 представителей правительств горных стран, межправительственных организаций и НПО собрались на Третью Глобальную Встречу Горного Партнерства, которая состоялась 19 июня 2012 года в Горном Павильоне на конференции...

  Mountain Partnership @ Rio+20   Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) In his opening remarks at the high-level event on mountains and Rio+20, held at the Mountain Pavilion on 21 June 2012, Nepal's Prime...

If the unprecedented rate of glacial retreat in the South Asian region is not checked, countries in the area are likely to turn highly food-insecure. Pakistan’s latest Climate Change Policy...

The world’s 10 most populous river basins (Ganges, Yangtze, Indus, Nile, Huang He Huai He, Niger, Hai, Krishna and the Danube) will be vital for economic growth – but only...

  Mountain Partnership @ Rio+20   Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) The Mountain Pavilion was officially opened by President of Peru Ollanta Humala on 20 June 2012. "Mountains have a common denominator, and that...

  Mountain Partnership @ Rio+20   Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) The Mountain Partnership Secretariat is proud to present a video message delivered by world renowned mountaineer, former politician and writer Reinhold Messner. What do...

Mountain Partnership @ Rio+20   Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Over 70 representatives of governments, IGOs and NGOs sat together as equals at the Third Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership held on...

  Mountain Partnership @ Rio+20   Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Cross-sectoral integration needs to transcend particular interests to be translated into implementation for poverty reduction and food security in all countries. This was the...

What does the word "climate" mean? What are climate change and global warming? How do these things affect our lives, animals, plants and mountains? These are simple, but important questions...

Mountain Partnership @ Rio+20   Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) A side event on "Sustainable Mountain Development Challenges in Islands: the Global Island Partnership meets the Mountain Partnership" will promote affiliation of mountainous islands

The ACP-FLEGT Support Programme in partnership with the Forestry Commission of Ghana and the EFI EU FLEGT Facility, is soliciting papers for a regional workshop on “Experiences from the FLEGT/VPA...

  Mountain Partnership @ Rio+20   Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Recognizing the crucial role of the private sector in shaping a new sustainable paradigm, the United Nations Global Compact is the world's largest voluntary...

  Mountain Partnership @ Rio+20 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Over 50 youth representing all regions of the globe participated in the Global Youth Forum on Mountain Issues and Sustainable Actions jointly held...

The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) organized a regional workshop titled "The Impact of Glacier Retreat in the Andes: International Multidisciplinary Network for Adaptation Strategies" under the auspices...

In collaboration with the Goethe Institute, CGIAR, SIDA, and the Thai Film Foundation, IUCN is organizing the Southeast Asian Students Documentary Awards, a competition to encourage the art of documentary...

On Monday, Bolivian President Evo Morales praised the quinoa plant, a neglected mountain crop popular among health-conscious foodies, as a way to help solve the global food crisis. "Faced with...

As first recognized twenty years ago, at the UN Conference on the Environment and Development in Rio, women have a vital role in environmental management and development. Their full participation...

The Project "Strengthening participative management for sustainable development of the Andes" aims to strengthen and to extend the institutional framework of mountain within Andean region, improving participative management of resources...

Recognizing the climatic changes and their impacts in Himalayan Mountains, Prakriti, a mountain environment group (and Mountain Partnership member) based in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand, India founded a Pan-Himalayan initiative called...

The glacier lily, as it is called, is a tall, willowy plant that graces mountain meadows throughout western North America. It flowers early in spring, when the first bumblebees and...