Mountain Partnership

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10/06/2016
The International Innovation Scientific and Technological Centre "Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories” (IISTC) is holding a series of events for the implementation of the main conclusions of "Synthesis report of the...
09/06/2016
The University of the Mountains and the Penelope Gandhi mission are documenting, leveraging and highlighting the wealth of Cretan weaving. They are connecting the Greek and Cretan culture, with large fora...
08/06/2016
There are many interrelated factors behind this troubling trend, explains Andrew Taber of The Mountain Institute, referring to data revealed by “Mapping the Vulnerability of Mountain Peoples to Food Insecurity”,...
06/06/2016
On World Environment Day, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) launched the ICT for Mountain Development Award for the third consecutive year. The award recognizes innovations, use and...
05/06/2016
Tara Joy and Stella Joy of Active Remedy Ltd had a private audience with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama at his residence in northern India, during which they discussed the...
04/06/2016
Peruvian engineer César Augusto Portocarrero Rodríguez will be presented the 2017 Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal on 11 December 2016, International Mountain Day, Nepalese NGO Mountain Legacy announced. Portocarrero...
02/06/2016
Think of Italy and one thinks of food, but not many people think ‘mountains.’ Yet mountains remain a principle source of the traditional, handcrafted food production that Italy is famous...
30/05/2016
The evolution of mountaineering in the recent decade has been considerable. The competitive nature of the activity is exacerbated by the media coverage of sporting achievements, the addition of technical...
29/05/2016
The University of Central Asia (UCA), together with the Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS), celebrated a milestone in the development of Naryn, Kyrgyz Republic into a vibrant university town with...
28/05/2016
For the third consecutive year, Earth Day Italia brought the “Village for the Earth” to Rome. An intense four days were dedicated to celebrating Earth Day, the most significant edition since...
27/05/2016
Active Remedy Ltd submitted a report - outlining a method/tool for working with mountain communities and integrating modern and traditional knowledge conservation approaches – to a United Nations Convention on Climate...
26/05/2016
In a bid to mobilize support and commitment to regional cooperation for sustainable mountain development, the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) Partnership for Sustainable Mountain Development was endorsed by ministers and...
25/05/2016
Given the regional geographic specificities of Central Andean valleys, the social and environmental impact of dispersed urbanization on smallholder farmers is particularly high in the new urban peripheries of Peruvian...
24/05/2016
From the lush green valleys of North Wales to the alluring, vibrant Black Forest to sun-kissed Tenerife and the imposing might of Mount Kazbek, the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation...
23/05/2016
Why an app for safety in the mountains? In Italy in 2015 alone there were more than 450 deaths and more than 7 000 accidents in the mountains, as reported...
19/05/2016
Mount Kenya Trust (MKT) is an NGO working to protect and conserve the forest, water and wildlife around Africa’s second highest mountain – Mount Kenya. The Afromontane forests, vast bamboo...
17/05/2016
Air quality in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region is deteriorating by the day. The problem demands urgent attention from governments, policy makers, scientists, stakeholders and the public. The media...
13/05/2016
The Food and Agriculture Organization Liaison Office for North America (FAO-LOW) organized a meeting with Thomas Hofer, Coordinator of the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, to present key results from the FAO...
12/05/2016
Have you ever eaten a Neolithic food? The Piano Grande, as the name suggests, is a huge plain and is encircled by dramatic mountains in Central Italy. The frequently photographed mountain...
11/05/2016
United Nations (UN) diplomats in New York, USA, called for efforts to address the rising rate of food insecurity in the mountainous areas of developing countries on 6 May 2016,...