On October 5 2018, the Utah International Mountain Forum (UIMF), a coalition at Utah Valley University (UVU), co-hosted Mr. Mahmadamin Mahmadaminov, the Permanent Representative of Tajikistan to the United Nations...
The first course of “The Swat Project,” took place last month, where instructors of Mountain Wilderness International (Asian Desk) went to Pakistan to run an eco-compatible mountaineering course for young...
From 25 to 27 September 2018, nearly 200 mountain stakeholders from all over Europe gathered in Vatra Dornei, Romania, to participate in the European Mountain Convention on “Cultural Heritage as...
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched a #MountainsMatter Photo Contest in celebration of International Mountain Day that is observed every year on 11 December 2018. Participants from around the world...
The first Summer School on Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate ended this week. Held at FAO in Rome, Italy, the course hosted high profile speakers from NaturaSi, IFOAM Organics International and...
Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas (SIMRA)’s fourth brochure, called “Collection of Examples of Social Innovation in Mountain areas” has just been published, in collaboration with Euromontana and SIMRA partners. These...
A tourist map of Karkaraly mountains published by the Avalon Historico-Geographical Society in the framework of the project "Mapping as a Tool for Ecotourism Development in Kazakhstan" with the financial support...
The Mountain Partnership training programme, IPROMO in 2017 inspired a collaboration between the chairman Danilo Godone and Godfrey Mfiti, a participant from Malawi, and a promising idea concerning the management...
The Summer school on Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate opened on Monday 26 at FAO, Headquarters in Rome. The course focuses on the importance of biodiversity in agriculture, with particular...
The Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) has released new versions of its Mountain inventory and to it’s Mountain Portal.
The Mountain Portal is an interactive web platform provided by the Global...
Mountain agriculture and how the promotion of mountain products can improve the lives of the mountain communities was discussed at the conference “Mountain producers: preserving tradition, promoting innovation”, held at...
The Global Development Network (GDN), together with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Oxfam, GIZ India, UN Environment and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)...
On 12 September 2018, the Minister of Environment of Rwanda, Honorable Dr. Vincent Biruta, opened the Second Africa Regional Mountains Forum (#ARMF_2018) in Kigali, Rwanda. “On behalf of the Republic...
Congressman from Utah recognizes student contribution to the mountain targets implementations at High Level Political Forum 2018 on Sustainable Development held in New York. Congressman John Curtis (R-UT), made a statement...
Call for scientists in Asia to contribute to IPCC-AR6 application for scholarship.
Workshop on Status of Climate Science and Technology in Asia 15-16 November 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Intergovernmental Panel on...
Landscape Initiative for Far-Eastern Himalayas
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and partners in China, India and Myanmar in the Far-Eastern Himalayan Landscape implemented HI-LIFE, a regional conservation and developm
Mountain Research and Development (MRD) are pleased to announce the call for papers on the role of culture in transformation towards sustainable development in mountains. Mountain communities are undergoing rapid sociocultural...
In July 2018, the Environmental Organization 'The Little Earth' continued implementation of its project "Clean Energy and Women on the Roof of the World". First activities under the project supported...
Chaired by the First Deputy Head of the Apparatus of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic Shamil Asymbekov, the first meeting of the Organizing Committee for the upcoming World Mountain...
On 22 July 2018, with financial support from International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), the Centre for Environment Education (CEE Himalaya), Give2Asia and RCE Srinagar organized a training on Disaster...
