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Apply for Grow Summer School 2020
14/07/2020
Registration for the GROW Summer School, “Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate” is now open. The summer school will be held online from 15 – 25 September 2020. One of the world’s greatest...
The world's one billion "mountain people" speak out
13/07/2020
Article reposted from Geneva Solutions, written by Kyra Dupont From the Alps to the Andes and Malawi's Mount Mulanje, mountain people face common problems. The Mountain Partnership links them in a...
PGS changes law on organic agriculture in the Philippines
13/07/2020
This is a repost of an article written by Maria Rowena A. Buena, published on Organic Without Boundaries, a blog by IFOAM – Organics International The Senate in the Philippines has approved a bill...
Mountains and the decade of action and delivery: MP HLPF 2020 side event
10/07/2020
Presented by the Government of Malawi, with the Mountain Partnership, and the Governments of Argentina, Kyrgyzstan, Italy and Switzerland Held on the sidelines of the 2020 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable...
Silk road, silk scarves: Women scarf producers in Kyrgyzstan
10/07/2020
Small groups of women producers in Kyrgyzstan live on what was once the Silk Road - the network of trade routes that enabled cultural exchange between Asia and Europe for centuries....
Goldenberries create golden opportunity in the Peruvian Andes
10/07/2020
Scroll down to read the Spanish version The goldenberry - also known as aguaymanto, Cape gooseberry, uvilla, topotope, coztomate, Peruvian ground cherry, pogapoga, wild tomato or tomatillo – has been part of the cultural fabric of the Peruvian Andes fo
EcorNaturaSí and the Mountain Partnership Secretariat to boost the livelihoods of mountain and island communities
09/07/2020
New agreement promotes fair-trade of unique, organic products and conserves biodiversity EcorNaturaSí and the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, hosted by FAO, today joined forces to better the lives of people living in...
Himalayan black lentils give Sanjaya hope for the future
08/07/2020
Born in the village of Gatlang in the Rasuwa district, Nepal, Sanjaya Tamang is one of his hometown’s youngest farmers and agricultural entrepreneurs. Situated at an altitude of more than 2 200 metres in the north of Kathmandu, bordering China, Gatlang 
Championing indigenous mountain beans improves livelihoods in Nepal
08/07/2020
Lalita Rokaya is a 25 year old farmer living in the Sinja valley of the Jumla district, one of the most remote mountain areas in Nepal. She lives there with her parents and three siblings in their small village. She studies part time, but spends most of
Euromontana releases study on “mountain product” term
07/07/2020
Mountain Partnership member Euromontana has released an up-to-date study on the implementation within the European Union of the “mountain product” term. The “mountain product” optional quality term helps communicate the many values of...
Members’ Voices: Mountain Homestays, India
29/06/2020
"By bringing in employment opportunities to their doorstep through electrification and tourism opportunities, Mountain Homestays not only empower the local women population but also prevent migration ... [leading] to the...
Colourful rice brings prosperity to women in Meghalaya
29/06/2020
Women farmers have found a common purpose in the Meghalaya State of the Indian Himalayas. Every day, they gather in the paddy fields and jhum (a piece of land that...
IPROMO 2020 call for applications: Mountains in a changing climate
23/06/2020
The Mountain Partnership Secretariat is pleased to announce the call for applications for the thirteenth International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas (IPROMO) course. The annual training programme on sustain
Involving farmers to save pollinators in Sikkim-Darjeeling Himalaya, India
17/06/2020
On 5 June 2020, World Environment Day, the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology (ATREE) used modern technology to engage Eastern Himalayan farmers in collecting data on pollinators and raising...
CHINAR helps Uttarakhand families through COVID19 Relief Programme
16/06/2020
The Central Himalayan Institute for Nature and Applied Research (CHINAR) is supporting Himalayan communities through their COVID19 Relief Programme in the Bageshwar and Pithoragarh Districts of Uttarakhand, India. Through the...
Juniper forests and the survival of high mountain communities in Central Asia
12/06/2020
The University of Central Asia’s (UCA) Mountain Societies Research Institute is leading the way in groundbreaking work on tracking the growth of juniper forests in Central Asia.  One third of forest lands...
Video message delivered by Sustainable Summits leaders
08/06/2020
Conference leaders of “Sustainable Summits 2020”, many of which are Mountain Partnership members, spoke out on World Environment Day about the future of mountain environments, giving a post COVID-19 view...
FAO Forestry helps launch Living Chapel installation
05/06/2020
Nature is sending us a message that we must change our behaviour for a more sustainable future, FAO Forestry Assistant Director-General Hiroto Mitsugi said today at the launch of a new...
CIMO dedicates resources to COVID-19 testing for mountain communities
04/06/2020
Mountain Partnership member Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO) has dedicated its time, efforts, resources and even its facilities to help local mountain communities during the challenging times of the...
Mountain Partnership’s ARCOS contributes to SOFO 2020 launch
27/05/2020
Forests, biodiversity and people were at the heart of the official launch of the State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) 2020 joint Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...