Mountain Partnership

Publications

20/02/2015

African Mountains Status Report provides an overview of the status, trends and threats facing mountain environments and communities. The 36-page report, produced by Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) with financial...

19/02/2015

Climate change, especially visible in mountain ecosystems, is causing glaciers to disappear at an alarming rate, threatening millions of lives dependent on freshwater resources originating from the mountains in Peru. A...

05/12/2014

Mountains are among the regions most affected by climate change. The implications of climate change will reach far beyond mountain areas, as the contributions in the present publication prepared for...

09/09/2014

"Cordillera de Los Andes, una oportunidad para la integración y desarrollo de América del Sur", or "The Andes, an opportunity for integration and development in South America” describes a regional...

01/09/2014

Mountain regions across the globe are important tourist destinations. Today, there is practically no region in the world where the special qualities of mountains are not acknowledged by tourists. For many mountain...

24/03/2014

Why Mountains Matter for Energy – a call to action on the sustainable development goals

24/03/2014

Mountains and the Sustainable Development Goals – a call to action Download in English, French, Spanish, Russian

24/03/2014

Why Mountains Matter for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction – a call to action on the sustainable development goals Download in English, French, Spanish

12/02/2014

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on Sustainable mountain development at 68th Session.A/RES/68/217   Download here

28/01/2014

The Fourth Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership was held in Erzurum, Turkey on 17-20 September 2013, and attended by 110 participants, representing 95 MP members, including 35 governments and a further 35 participants from the host country, Turkey. The meeting comprised an opening session, a general assembly of the Mountain Partnership, a plenary sessions, working groups, geographic sessions, side events and partnership fairs

06/12/2013

This publication, issued on the 30th anniversary of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), contains a collection of papers and scholarly articles by ecologists, natural resource managers, and...

03/12/2013

Mountain farming takes many forms – forms as diverse as the world’s mountain landscapes – yet largely remains family farming. These mountain farming activities have traditionally fed and supported individual...

01/10/2013

Based on ten regional reports prepared for the Rio+20 conference, this 89-page global report  examines the environmental and social issues at stake in the world’s mountains over the last twenty...

30/09/2013

This document, which is based on the experiences and lessons learned from the last ten years, presents the Mountain Partnership strategy and governance for the period 2014 to 2017. It...

28/09/2013

En el presente documento, estructurado a partir de las experiencias y enseñanzas extraídas durante estos 10 años, se expone la estrategia y  la gestión operativa para el período 2014–2017. Este...

05/08/2013

Report of the Secretary-General on Sustainable Mountain Development Download here

21/03/2013

Forests play a crucial role in the hydrological cycle. A key challenge faced by land, forest and water managers is to maximize the wide range of forest benefits without detriment...

25/02/2013

Mountains: Key Players for Global Sustainable Development Download

28/01/2013

This environmental education kit for mountain countries is intended for secondary (and late primary) school teachers and their pupils. Prepared by UNESCO’s Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences under its Man...

01/10/2012

Este manual es el producto de la sistematización de los saberes ancestrales que aún se practican en el área de la Unión de Organizaciones Campesinas del Norte de Cotopaxi (Ecuador)...