The Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) and the East African Community (EAC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to join their efforts in enhancing environment and sustainable natural resource...
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is inviting interested Pakistani journalists to apply for a small grant toward a media fellowship opportunity, the ICIMOD Media Fellowship 2015 –...
From 6 to 10 July 2015, 15 researchers from Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan came together in the picturesque Chong Kemin Valley of Kyrgyzstan for a workshop on scientific writing and...
International Mountain Day (IMD) is held every year on 11 December and is an occasion to celebrate the importance of mountains for highlands and lowlands worldwide. This year the IMD...
Starting next year today will be a holiday in Japan when, on 11 August 2016, the nation will honour its extensive mountain regions. Influenced by Shintoism, Japanese culture tends to...
The Central Asian Meeting of Pastoralists was held in Hustai National Park in Mongolia to set up the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub on 26-29 July 2015. Around 40 representatives of pastoralist...
Targeted poverty-reducing benefits for people living in the highlands of Georgia, as well as incentives for businesses and budget support to economic and social development are envisioned in a newly...
In the scope of the international summit on climate change in Paris, France, in December 2015 (referred to as COP21), a group of mountaineers launched 'Summit(s) for climate', a set...
Civil society organizations including members of the Mountain Partnership have a chance to be seen or heard at the 21st session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations...
The Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) has launched a funding database to assist members in their resource mobilization efforts. The online tool will help identify resource partners and different funding sources...
Las montañas cubren 22% de la superficie terrestre, proporcionan entre 60-80% del agua dulce y son el hogar del 14% de la población mundial. Al mismo tiempo, son las regiones...
Globally, disasters are on the increase, impacting communities and nations with grave social and economic consequences and threatening the survival, dignity and livelihoods of the vulnerable sections of their populations....
Your case studies are invited for the posters and factsheets currently being created by the FAO and the Mountain Partnership Secretariat for International Mountain Day, which will take place on...
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) was presented a ‘Humanitarian GIS Award’ at the 2015 International User Conference of the Environmental System Research Institute (Esri) in San Diego,...
In Central Italy, the project called ‘Menu of the Sibillini' was inaugurated on 15 July 2015. The Monti Sibillini National Park challenged local restaurants to create a dish (traditional or...
The National Mountain Museum of Turin and the Alpine Museum – Museum of France, Chamonix signed a cooperation agreement on 11 July 2015 to launch a digital platform for mountain...
The Royal Agricultural University (RAU), ranked third highest in the UK for the employability of its graduates, is still accepting applications for its two MSc degrees: Sustainable Agriculture and Food...
The global Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in Mountains Programme is a partnership among United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Union for Conservation of...
Twenty-four participants from 22 countries on three continents took part in the eighth edition of the International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas (IPROMO) from...
RCE Srinagar in collaboration with CEE Himalaya & JSW Foundation supported by UNICEF celebrated World Environment Day (WED) 2015 across Indian Himalayan Region and the foothills of Himalaya in Uttar...
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