Mountain Partnership

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07/08/2019
Sustainability and how to improve the livelihoods of local peoples was the focus of Yuka Makino’s intervention at the School of Public Policy and Administration (SPPA) of Xian Jiaotong University...
06/08/2019
A dedicated forum will provide an opportunity to discover and taste the flavors of the Cordillera, with a focus on the Benguet and Ifugao Provinces. On 9 August, the Mountain Partnership...
05/08/2019
A walk and race between volcanoes and mountains allowed athletes to enjoy the beauty of two Costa Rican national parks. The 400 participants started the race in the Hermosa Beach section...
31/07/2019
Fundación CoMunidad has been a Mountain Partnership (MP) member since 2012. Our organization has been working since 2007 to promote sustainable mountain development in North and Central America and the...
30/07/2019
About one billion people live in mountainous areas around the world, but we all depend, in some way, on healthy mountains and their benefits, including water, food, energy, biodiversity and...
23/07/2019
Thirteen representatives of the Mountain Partnership Products (MPP) initiative from eight countries met in Ranikhet, India to discuss the future of promoting sustainable farming practices of smallholder farmers in mountain...
17/07/2019
Key messages: Mountain ecosystems are home to more than one billion people, nearly 15% of the world’s population, and provide essential services, notably water regulation, for downstream areas. People living...
16/07/2019
The Department of Agriculture of Andorra has agreed to offer strategic support to the Secretariat of the Mountain Partnership, officially becoming a ‘Champion for Mountains’. The Principality of Andorra is already...
15/07/2019
Mountain Partnership (MP) member the Central Himalayan Institute for Nature & Applied Research (CHINAR) recently began coordinating two new programmes in the Indian Himalaya to connect people with nature. CHINAR initiated...
05/07/2019
The Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion (CONDESAN) is investing in the development of young rural leaders, key actors for the sustainability of the mountain forests in...
03/07/2019
About 300 rural farmers in Nepal have been trained on intensive planting techniques thanks to Mountain Partnership (MP) member EcoHimal Nepal (EHN). The trainings, which were suitable for both beginning...
02/07/2019
The landscape approach for enhancing mountain resilience was under discussion at the 2019 International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas (IPROMO) in Ormea and Pieve...
28/06/2019
The Central Himalayan Institute for Nature & Applied Research (CHINAR) has been a Mountain Partnership (MP) member since 2017. The team advocates for sustainable mountain livelihoods in the Indian Himalayas....
24/06/2019
The Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS), Slow Food and the Philippines’ Department of Tourism-Cordillera Administrative Region (DoT–CAR) have jointly developed a pilot program called “Food & Tourism for Mountain Development”. The...
21/06/2019
The Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) hosted a side event, titled “Policy Reforms for Mountains in Agenda 2030”, at the Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 2019 on 19 June in Incheon, Republic of...
18/06/2019
The Mountain Partnership (MP) will be hosting a side event at the Asia-Pacific Forestry Week (APFW2019) in Incheon, Republic of Korea, titled “Policy Reforms for Mountains in the 2030 Agenda...
12/06/2019
The Corporación Ambiental Empresarial (CAEM) organized the International Seminar on Environmental Risk Management on Friday 7 June 2019 in Bogotá, Colombia. CAEM presented to 328 participants from companies and municipal...
10/06/2019
The results of the Mountain Partnership member survey are now available on the MP website, together with the report produced by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS).] The survey was carried...
05/06/2019
The Association for Mountain Studies (CRYOSANABRIA) has organized the first training of a newly established Gaelic football team in the mountainous Sanabria region of northern Spain. The workshop was led...
03/06/2019
The Mountain Partnership Steering Committee met on 26-27 March 2019 at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in Rome, Italy. This was the third meeting...