In the foothills of the Andes, in the Sierra Piura region of Peru, up to 6,600 farmers grow 4,000 tonnes a year of the finest Peruvian Coffee on family plots...

The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), an international consortium working on international forest issues and chaired by FAO, has launched its inaugural Wangari Maathai Award to honour and commemorate an...

The African Group of Negotiators (AGN) on Climate Change - a platform for African Member States’ senior officials, experts and negotiators in the United Nations Framework on the Convention of...

“Mountains should be left wild. Only in this way we can guarantee the future of alpinism and mountains.” This was basically the conclusion of the round table Quo CLIMBis, which...

When the Mountain Partnership Central Asia Hub (MPCA) hub was approached by a group of women-entrepreneurs inspired by their 10-day visit to India telling us of their need in sharing...

The Mountain Partnership Central Asia Hub (MPCA) and MSRC/UCA held a one-day introductory training on Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) techniques on April 27, 2012. The objective of the training was to...

From 14 to 25 May 2012, governments will embark on the next essential steps required to curb global greenhouse gas emissions and help developing countries adapt to the inevitable effects...

Activists and experts stress how the needs of millions of indigenous mountain people across Nepal are overlooked, imperiling their food security and hindering their economic progress. In assessing the government-administered...

Plant species are expected to respond to a warming climate by moving their ranges pole-wards or up-wards in mountains. A European team of ecologists led by Stefan Dullinger from the...

A destructive flood occurred 20 km north of Pokhara - the famous tourist spot - 200 km away from Kathmandu, in the early morning of 5 May 2012. Thirteen people...

Bucking the global trend, glaciers in the Karakoram region, north of the Himalaya, have been shown to be growing, gaining as much water from precipitation as they were losing from...

The Mountain Partnership wishes to thank its Friends and Members. Your dedication to sustainable mountain development has strengthened the position of mountains in the Zero Draft of the "Outcome Document"....

Through REDPARQUES and the Mountain Partnership Secretariat and with support from GIZ, FAO organized a "Workshop on monitoring the effects of climate change on mountain protected ecosystems" together with the...

The Planning Workshop on Payment Mechanisms for Ecosystem Goods and Services Provided by Rangelands, will be held from 18 to 20 Jun 2012 at the Chengdu Institute of Biology (CIB)...

To figure out what global warming could bring to Earth, scientists are looking 3 million years into the past. They have concluded that it is Pliocene Epoch, a warm and...

Recognizing the importance of civil society, the Rio+20 Bureau’s co-chair Ambassador Kim invited Major Groups to submit their amendments to the Rio+20 "Zero draft" outcome at the Bureau meeting with...

The International Virtual Congress on Green Economy and Socio-productive Inclusion, will be held up to the 30th April. The Virtual Congress is organized by Brazil's Ministry of Agricultural Development, with...

The University of Zurich reported the negative effects climate change is having on the Matterhorn in the Geophysical Research journal. The 14,690 foot high Matterhorn sits on the border between...

According to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA), Europe needs to redouble efforts in using water more efficiently to avoid undermining its economy. The report highlights how...

The USF Patel School of Global Sustainability launched the Patel Grand Challenge at the International Water Association's Development Congress in Malaysia in November 2011. It is a challenge to inventors...