At the Mountain Futures Conference held on1-4 March 2016 in Kunming, China, stakeholders in the world’s mountainous areas put their backs into the Mountain Futures Initiative, which seeks to combine...
The Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) has announced that its fourth expedition will be to Ladakh, India, in June 2016. This year the carefully selected team will light up the 2550-year-old Phuktal...
The International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) and Michigan State University (MSU), USA, held an international seminar, called "Organic farming with orientation on biological pesticides and resistant varieties of crops"...
Utah Valley University students and faculty commemorated International Women’s Day for the first time by hosting several events during the week of 1-8 March 2016. UVU’s Women’s Success Center started...
The Mountain Partnership Secretariat is pleased to announce the ninth International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas, or IPROMO, as the training programme on sustainable...
Italian rapper from the Campania Region, Rocco Hunt, will take centre stage with a free concert, organized by Earth Day Italia, at Villa Borghese in Rome, Italy for Earth Day...
The international innovation scientific and technological centre, Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories "Mountains" (IISTC “Mountains”) presents the international scientific journal, “Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories”. IISTC “Moun
If the moment has arrived to take your sustainability project to the next level, then please note that the application period for the 2016 UIAA Mountain Protection Award (MPA) is...
Over two days, snow and mountain tourism professionals held discussions on the theme “Sport and Adventure: A Promising Combination for Mountain Destinations”, analysing the prospects for the development of this...
Utah Valley University (UVU) officially announced the retirement of Dr Ross “Rusty” Butler, Associate Vice President, International Affairs and Diplomacy. Dr Butler - an extraordinary individual with a great vision,...
Abstracts for the I International Conference on Research for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions are still being accepted. Researchers, practitioners, experts and decision-makers are invited to submit abstracts of their work...
The Government of Uganda, through its Ministry of Water and Environment (MoWE) jointly with Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) and in collaboration with partners in a global programme “Sustainable Mountain...
“Mountain Cultures: celebrating diversity and strengthening identity” is the theme chosen for this year’s celebration of International Mountain Day on 11 December 2016. The concept of traditional heritage, culture and...
The findings of the report, “Mapping the vulnerability of mountain peoples to food insecurity”, were presented during an event at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)...
We are deeply saddened to report the loss of Dr Pushkin Phartiyal, who represented the Central Himalayan Environment Association (CHEA) within the Mountain Partnership. Born in March 1968, he passed...
World Wetlands Day was celebrated in India, in line with the international day to commemorate the Convention on Wetlands, on 2 February. Wetlands in India consist of high-altitude Himalayan lakes,...
Mountain forests provide key ecosystem services that are essential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Mountain Research and Development is seeking papers that assess experiences of how to manage forests...
Research and innovation are key elements for promoting sustainable development in the Alps and young academics play a crucial role in shaping the future of the Alps. Aim of the...
The environmental organization, Little Earth, with the support of the Norwegian Society for Nature Conservation, has produced a small documentary about life in the remote mountain villages of the Bartang River...
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) is seeking proposals from organizations or teams to prepare an ecosystem profile for the Mountains of Central Asia Biodiversity Hotspot. Qualified organizations or consortia...
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