In Italy, recession and limited GDP growth have prevailed during the last decade, and in the Apennine Mountains, incomes are particularly low. In addition, recent earthquakes have reduced tourism. Historians...
The connections between food, water and energy constitute a complex system that interacts with mountain ecosystems and factors of change. Mountain Research and Development is looking for papers that assess...
Sponsoring events that raise awareness about sustainable mountain development (SMD) in the state of Utah, USA, and in North America, and bringing the public into contact with international guests are...
The fifth edition of the Meet of the Mountain States, organized by the Integrated Mountain Initiative (IMI) in New Delhi, India on 10 February 2017, focused on water security, skill...
The title of ‘Best exporter of Batken Region’ has been awarded to Mountain Partnership member Alysh Dan, a farmer cooperative located in the mountain village of Kara-bek, Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan....
The Mountain Partnership Secretariat is pleased to announce the call for applications for the tenth International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas, or IPROMO, as...
The Mountain Partnership website will be temporarily unavailable between the hours of 09.00-15.00 CET on Wednesday, 15 March 2017. During this time, the website will be migrated to a new...
In celebration of National Science Day on 28 February 2017, the Himalayan Initiative of the Centre for Environment Education (CEE Himalaya), with support from Give2Asia, the JSW Foundation, RCE Srinagar,...
The Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) has launched an education database to assist members and students find courses and degree programmes on mountain issues offered by universities around the world. The...
The Museo Nazionale della Montagna of Turin, Italy and the Musée Alpin of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France are building a digital database of their combined cultural assets to be made available to...
Indigenous mountain peoples are using community-based forest resources management to mitigate climate variation in the Caraballo Mountains, the Philippines, a new study shows. Using qualitative case study research methods and...
The Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) has issued the fourth edition of AREALA News, a newsletter of the Albertine Rift Environmental Assessment Alliance to promote sustainable development responsibility. This special...
To address the growing challenges of climate change and disaster risk reduction, 70 district officials in the Chitwan District, Nepal gathered on 14 February to start a four-month certification programme...
The Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations, Ambassador Macharia Kamau, gave a lecture on the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development for Utah Valley University (UVU) faculty...
Throughout the month of January, a festival took place on the highest mountain of Portugal: Pico Island, Azores. With a programme packed full of art exhibitions, book launches, film screenings,...
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Professor Ermanno Zanini on 9 February 2017 in Turin, Italy at the age of 71. A professor of Soil...
The Himalayan Initiative of the Centre for Environment Education (CEE Himalaya), with support from Give2Asia, the JSW Foundation, RCE Srinagar, the Mountain Partnership and the Indian Himalaya Climate Adaptation Programme,...
Mountain Partnership (MP) members The Mountain Institute (TMI) and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RANS) presented an oral statement on behalf of the MP on 7 February 2017 during...
As the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) is one of the most vulnerable regions on Earth to climate change, implementing adaptation measures that target these mountains and downstream areas is crucial....
Immediately following the third edition of the World Mountain Forum in Mbale, Uganda, the Mountain Partnership (MP) Steering Committee held its annual meeting at the Mount Elgon Hotel on 21-22...
