The second research mission of the Museo Nazionale della Montagna (the National Mountain Museum) to Bolivia is underway. This time its journey is focused on the centre west area, in...
The Mountain Partnership Steering Committee (SC) met at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy, on 17 -18 February. This was the first formal meeting of the SC that was established and...
Climate change, especially visible in mountain ecosystems, is causing glaciers to disappear at an alarming rate, threatening millions of lives dependent on freshwater resources originating from the mountains in Peru.
A...
As part of its commitment to the Mountain Partnership (MP), Madagascar has developed a reference document that aims to align the sustainable development of mountain areas with the environmental guidelines...
The Aigine Cultural Research Center together with the Manas epic chanters, Kubanychbek Almabekov and Samat Kochorbaev, represented Kyrgyz culture at the Fifth International Conference of Elders of the World’s Ancient Cultures and...
On 22-23 January 2015, a workshop on "Establishment of a guest house" was held in Kurmety Village, Kazakhstan (in the Raimbek district of the Almaty region, the buffer zone of...
The Association for Development of Mountain Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria (ADMMRB) established the Balkan Network of Local Authorities from Mountain Regions on the Balkans (BALMONTE) on 13 September...
Scholarly papers related to women’s lives in mountainous areas may be submitted for the Fourth International Women of the Mountains Conference until 30 June 2015. The conference, organized by Utah...
Governments and organizations in Europe engaged in celebrations of International Mountain Day (IMD) in December 2014 throughout Europe. Among the event organizers was Club Serres for the United Nations Educational...
The winners of the first international online digital photography contest, “We Love Mountains,” held to mark International Mountain Day have been announced.
The top three pictures in two categories - mountain...
On 11 December 2014, events took place throughout Asia to celebrate International Mountain Day (IMD). For example, the Alpine Club of Iran, in collaboration with the Islamic Republic of Iran...
Mountain researchers and practitioners have until 27 February 2015 to submit abstracts for Perth III: Mountains of Our Future Earth, an international conference that will take place in Perth, Scotland...
More than 50 events marked International Mountain Day (IMD) around the world on 11 December 2014, when mountain lovers, governments and civil society groups joined forces to raise the flag...
The 20th Conference of the Parties (COP20) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was a key moment for the environmental future of the planet. Delegations of more...
Euromontana, a European multi-sectoral association for cooperation and development of mountain areas, has issued the third edition of its newsletter “A New CAP: Mountains of Opportunities,” summarizing the recently concluded...
Biodiversity is a foundation for human wellbeing. However, strategies for its protection are not implemented effectively and projects often do not have the desired effect. The partners of the international...
Australian Stuart Cohen has put in a huge amount of volunteer work and expense travelling to Uganda and making a very fine film, which was launched at the World Park...
Representatives from mountainous Least Developed Countries (LDC) call for greater investment in the mountains for a sustainable global future. Looking forward to the development of a global climate agreement in...
While some of the clearest signs of climate change, such as glacier retreat, are seen in mountain areas, their implications reach far beyond the mountains themselves. The warming trend over...
From the striking landscapes of the Himalayas to the stunning green pastures of the European Alps, mountains star in a wide range of movies, films and documentaries produced in 2014....
