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Promoting community based management in Costa Rica
31/05/2019
The Chirripò National Park, established in 1975, is the first protected wildlife area in Costa Rica to implement a Non-Essential Services Concession (CSNE). Managed by the National System of Conservation...
Follow the Mountain Partnership!
30/05/2019
The Mountain Partnership uses social media to promote, advocate and raise awareness about mountain issues all around the world. As well as shed light on mountain communities, that would not...
Call for best sustainable farming practices in mountain areas
27/05/2019
Submit your case studies for the publication “Agro-ecological and organic farming practices in mountain areas” (exact title TBD). In order to raise awareness about sustainable agricultural farming practices in mountain...
Advocating for a mountain law in India
23/05/2019
The Nilgiri Documentation Centre (NDC) Director, Dharmalingam Venugopal has advised the Governor of Tamil Nadu, Banwarilal Purohit to endorse a law to protect the mountains in the southern Indian state Tamil...
Innovation for mountains
17/05/2019
The International conference on “Mountains: Cultures, Landscapes and Biodiversity at Western Caspian University in Baku, Azerbaijan highlighted innovative solutions to problems that are increasingly threatening the world’s most impressive mountainous...
Mountain and Snow Photo contest opens
15/05/2019
Mountain Partnership member, MiratecArts has launched an international mountain photography contest with the theme, “Mountains and Snow”. Finalists will be announced 11 December 2019 and will take part in an exhibition...
Call for proposal for regional and global organizations
14/05/2019
The Forest and Farm Facility is looking for apex regional (i.e. present in more than one country) and global forest and farm producers’ organizations, or consortia of such organizations, to...
Apply for ECOSOC Consultative Status
13/05/2019
The deadline for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to apply for consultative status with the United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is approaching. Seventeen Mountain Partnership members currently have ECOSOC...
Canadian Mountain Network funding announcement
08/05/2019
On 16 April 2019, the Networks of Centres of Excellence program announced that the Canadian Mountain Network (CMN) will receive $18.3 million in funding over five years (2019–2024). With this new...
Call for mountain biodiversity research
06/05/2019
Antoine Guisan at the University of Lausanne has launched several PhD and Post-Doc positions.  PhD position in Spatial Planning for Biodiversity Conservation To complete its team, the Institute of Earth Surface Dynamic...
Apply for Grow Summer School
30/04/2019
Registration for Grow Summer School, “Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate” is now open. The summer school will take place from 18 - 26 September 2019 in Rome, Italy. Sustainable production practices...
Indigenous mountain communities spotlight: Sejuti Sarkar De
27/04/2019
Interview with Sejuti Sarkar De, Society for Natural Resource Management and Community Development (SNRMCD) 1. Could you give us a brief introduction to SNRMCD? SNRMCD is a NGO that has been working...
Creating a global Mountain Participatory Guarantee System (PGS)
26/04/2019
The representatives of twelve Mountain Partnership (MP) member organizations from Nepal, India, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Peru, Panama and Vietnam met in Ranikhet, at the foothills of the Indian Himalaya, for the...
Cleaning up the Margalla hills
11/04/2019
Mountain Partnership member, the Hashoo Foundation (HF) in collaboration with Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Sunbeams School System organized a plantation drive, nature walk and clean-up operation in Islamabad, Pakistan...
Enhancing citizen engagement in mountain areas
10/04/2019
Mountain Partnership member, the Civil Society Initiative of the University of Central Asia’s (UCA) Graduate School of Development organized a workshop on “Citizen Engagement with Open Government Data” from 27-30...
First Slow Food Community to participate to the Cordillera Food Fair in the Philippines
09/04/2019
As a part of the inaugural national celebration of the Filipino Food Month, officially proclaimed by the President last year, the Department of Tourism Cordillera Administrative region (DoT CAR) and...
Indigenous mountain communities spotlight: René Guzmán
28/03/2019
An interview with René Guzmán, Agricultural Research, Production and Extension Center (CIPEA) 1. What is CIPEA and what does your work consist of? CIPEA is a small NGO based in Puno, Peru, that...
Submission for UN report on mountains
26/03/2019
The Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) is currently compiling summaries of the most important results of mountain development activities since July 2016 for the United Nations Secretary General (UNSG) Report on...
On International Day of Forests, FAO announces new forestry education initiatives
21/03/2019
FAO marked the International Day of Forests today by announcing two new forestry education initiatives aimed at raising awareness among children and young people on the sustainable use and conservation of forests. The...
Remembering Mountain Women – Danielle Butler
13/03/2019
We are deeply saddened to report the loss of Danielle Butler who passed away on 7 March 2019, one day before the International Women’s Day. She was the last among...