The Mountain Partnership
Working together for mountain peoples and environments
01/12/2002
The sun rises over tea plantation on Namuli-mountains, Mozambique
©FAO/Filipe Branquinho
The Mountain Partnership is a United Nations voluntary alliance of partners dedicated to improving the lives of mountain peoples and protecting mountain environments around the world.
There is currently, 596 members, including 68 Governments, 23 Intergovernmental Organizations and 505 Major Groups. The Secretariat is hosted at FAO
The Mountain Partnership advocates for global attention and tangible commitments from the international community to achieving sustainable mountain development. By sending out a strong message to negotiators and policy makers, it aims to ensure that mountains and mountain people are a priority on the global agenda. It tries to encourage good governance through the development of policies, laws and investments that empower local mountain communities and involve them in decision-making.
It's activities at the international level include raising awareness of sustainable mountain development at high-level events such as the Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Convention to Combat Desertification, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. The Mountain Partnership Secretariat coordinates the observance of the “Five Years of Action for the Development of Mountain Regions 2023–2027” declared by UNGA in 2022.
