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21/10/2019
The second phase of the Swat Project – an eco-compatible mountaineering course for local young people in the Swat region of Pakistan – has just been completed. The project, organized by...
17/10/2019
To the broader European public, the Principality of Andorra is mostly known as a far-away place in the Pyrenean valley, most notable for being a skiing destination and a shopping...
10/10/2019
The Mountain Partnership Products (MPP) Initiative has been selected as one of 25 Best Practices out of 1 175 from around the world to be spotlighted at Expo 2020 Dubai’s...
09/10/2019
The EMbleMatiC Mediterranean Mountains project closing conference took place in Anogia, Crete, Greece from 1 - 2 October. This InterregMed-financed project has explored how to promote sustainable tourism and manage...
09/10/2019
The Mountain Institute (TMI), in collaboration with the Lima Geographical Society and scholars at the Pontíficia Universidad Católica del Peru, sponsored and organized an expedition in northern Peru to retrace...
07/10/2019
The 32nd session of the European Forestry Commission (EFC) Working Party on the Management of Mountain Watersheds (WPMMW) was held in Innsbruck, Austria, from 25 to 27 September 2019. Jointly...
26/09/2019
The second, two-week Summer School on Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate concluded this week. Held at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in Rome, the...
26/09/2019
Founded in the International Year of Mountains (IYM) 2002, the Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO) is devoted to research and development in Mediterranean mountains. The multidisciplinary research centre is...
26/09/2019
The First International Conference on Semi-Arid Mountain Environments, held in Abha, Saudi Arabia, brought attention to a wide range of topics relevant to development in arid mountain regions. Organized by Saudi...
24/09/2019
Climate change and its effects on mountains and mountain peoples in Nepal will be the focus of a conference to be held next April in the country’s capital of Kathmandu....
23/09/2019
From 9 – 11 September, professors, scientists and experts gathered at the CLimate-Smart Forestry in MOuntain Regions (CLIMO) workshop and meeting to assemble a thematic platform for project promoters and...
20/09/2019
The future of mountains and how to bridge the gap between the global Agenda 2030 and local examples of implementation in mountain communities was at the heart of a meeting...
18/09/2019
Participants from 18 countries are attending the Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate second annual GROW Summer School at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in...
03/09/2019
I have been working with the Baslay Farmers Association (BFA) - producers of shade-grown, single-origin coffee - since I was 13 years old. The association is what inspired me to...
03/09/2019
Youth from the Utah International Mountain Forum (UIMF), a coalition of student clubs at Utah Valley University (UVU), contributed to highlighting mountains for the first time in a United Nations...
29/08/2019
A new research project on urbanization and peasant agriculture in Peru – funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Austria's central funding organization for basic research – launches 1 November...
22/08/2019
From 4 – 10 August, Staša Guček from Slovenia participated in a seven-day summer hacking camp (PIFcamp) in the Julian Alps, Soča Valley, Slovenia. It was here that art, technology and...
15/08/2019
The Mountain Partnership Secretariat Annual Report 2018 is now available online. In it, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) reflects on its key achievements in promoting sustainable mountain development in 2018....
12/08/2019
CHINAR in India has begun a partnership with the Wipro Foundation to promote an environmental sustainability education programme in the mountainous Uttarakhand state. The Wipro Foundation is a philanthropic group...
08/08/2019
The Mountain Societies Research Institute (MSRI) of the University of Central Asia (UCA) is using education to make strides for mountains. The university has implemented programmes to educate undergraduates, graduate...