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19/02/2021
It is 6.00 in the Pasil River Valley of Kalinga Province in the Philippine Cordillera. Lucious green mountains dotted with rice fields extend as far as the eye can see....
16/02/2021
The theme of this year's International Mountain Day (IMD) on 11 December will be sustainable mountain tourism. Sustainable tourism in mountains can contribute to creating additional and alternative livelihood options and...
12/02/2021
My name is Dieudonne Tanton Nforba, but to many, I am known as "Farmer Tantoh." I live and work in Bamenda in the Western Highlands of Cameroon where I am...
11/02/2021
Online trainings on implementing Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) initiatives were held between July 2020 and January 2021 for Mountain Partnership Product producers in Latin America. In collaboration with IFOAM Organics International,...
08/02/2021
Over 750 mountain lovers from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United States of America and Venezuela registered...
27/01/2021
News and photo by the Feminist Hiking Collective A group of mountain women from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Germany, Italy, Kenya, Nepal, Tanzania and the United Kingdom are gathering to climb the...
26/01/2021
The governing body of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States (IPA CIS) adopted a model law that aims at supporting the sustainable development...
20/01/2021
The Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS), a member of the Mountain Partnership, is building the capacities of students, parents and teachers in Rwanda to enhance climate change resilience in schools...
18/01/2021
A Reinhold Messner Foundation project aims at improving the sustainability of mountain tourism by bringing renewable solar energy to a museum, hospital and two schools in the Mount Everest region....
14/01/2021
The Government of Argentina announces the official ratification of the Committee for the Sustainable Development of the Mountain Regions of the Argentine Republic. Established in 2005, a set of public sector...
13/01/2021
The Mountain Institute (TMI) is concluding its role as a nonprofit organization based in the United States of America after nearly 50 years of protecting critical mountain ecosystems and promoting...
11/01/2021
Calling all members of the Mountain Partnership, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat is compiling inputs for its 2020 Annual Report. Each year, the Secretariat dedicates part of its annual report to putting...
07/01/2021
Governments and organizations in Europe conducted webinars, hikes, literature festivals and more to mark International Mountain Day (IMD) 2020 in Albania, Cyprus, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey...
06/01/2021
North and Central America, the Caribbean and South America marked International Mountain Day (IMD) in 2020 through various events in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Peru, the United States of...
05/01/2021
In Asia and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), International Mountain Day (IMD) 2020 was widely celebrated by many organizations throughout the regions. Events were held in Algeria, India,...
04/01/2021
Governments and organizations throughout Sub-Saharan Africa honoured International Mountain Day (IMD) 2020. Mountain lovers in Guinea, Kenya and Rwanda celebrated the day with outdoor activities, like hiking and tree planting,...
23/12/2020
From online webinars and virtual book presentations, to physically distanced hikes and outdoor events, the message that mountains matter was spread far and wide around the world on 11 December....
11/12/2020
Nepalese trail and sky runner Mira Rai was today appointed a Mountain Partnership Goodwill Ambassador as people across the world celebrate International Mountain Day. The Mountain Partnership is a United Nations...
11/12/2020
Mountains host about half of the global biodiversity hotspots and are home to a growing number of the world's hungriest people, according to a new study launched by the Food...
09/12/2020
The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) has launched the second call for proposals under the IKI Small Grants programme with funds from the International...