Mountain Partnership

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19/12/2014
Representatives of Euromontana gathered in Bilbao to discuss how mountain products can boost mountain development and to launch the approval of the quality term "mountain product". Thanks to a specific regulation...
17/12/2014
Mountains were celebrated at the United Nations in New York, USA, with an event co-organized by the Permanent Mission of Argentina, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
15/12/2014
On December 11 - International Mountain Day - delegates gathered at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference, COP20, in Lima, Peru, for a side event that brought attention...
12/12/2014
Representing organizations and associations with over 3 million people worldwide, the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) plays an important role in supporting recreation and tourism in mountains. The UIAA...
11/12/2014
Today, mountains are celebrated all over the globe as they are every year on International Mountain Day (IMD). The theme for this year’s celebration focuses on mountain family farmers to tie...
05/12/2014
The Committee for Sustainable Development of the Mountain Regions of Argentina released the ninth edition of its newsletter, covering mountain-related news from October and November 2014. The newsletter in Spanish features...
04/12/2014
It’s hell in the mountains. I know because I just got back from the Sierra Nevada: Alcazaba, Mulhacén, Veleta and a few other peaks in Spain. They’re not really high...
02/12/2014
To spur worldwide celebrations of International Mountain Day (IMD) on 11 December, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat has produced a three-minute video, highlighting the vital role of mountains in sustaining livelihoods across...
01/12/2014
When does modernization in mountains lead to sustainable development? Post-growth, common-welfare, and transition debates are changing the modernization paradigm that influences development in mountains and elsewhere. How can industrialization and...
28/11/2014
The Italian State Secretary of the Ministry of the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea, Barbara Degani, presided over the XIII. Alpine Conference where ministers and high representatives from...
27/11/2014
The Mountain Societies Research Institute of the University of Central Asia (UCA) is seeking a Director. The new Mountain Societies Research Institute (MSRI) director will work with the Dean of Arts...
26/11/2014
A new global alliance of mountain protected areas, the Federation of Mountain Protected Areas (FMPA), was announced at the sixth International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Parks Congress...
25/11/2014
The Mountain Research Initiative requests your help in identifying recent evidence-based assessments of mountain areas that address, directly or indirectly, sustainable mountain development (SMD). By "evidence-based assessment" we mean "based...
24/11/2014
The Mountain Partnership Central Asia Hub organized for the Amanovs, a family of farmers, to visit the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) office in Bishkek, Kyrgyz...
21/11/2014
Urgent action must be taken to address climate change in Nepal’s mountain areas, deemed a conference in Rara, Nepal, on 30-31 October 2014. More than 200 government officials, civil society...
20/11/2014
For more than 20 years, ProMONT-BLANC,  a  tri-national umbrella non-governmental organization (NGO),  has been urging international protection status for the highest mountain massif in the European Alps and in the...
18/11/2014
A new book, “Values of Naryn: Breathing Sacredness and Precious Wisdom,” is dedicated to sacred sites and previously unrecorded knowledge on spiritual and household practices, rituals, customs and oral history...
17/11/2014
A broad alliance of twenty conservation organizations and citizens' groups, among which Mountain Wilderness Austria, a member of the Mountain Partnership, met in the centre of Innsbruck, Austria, on 25...
13/11/2014
Experts from the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region and around the world came together to map new ways forward for sharing knowledge, increasing engagement and building strong partnerships to open...
12/11/2014
The 2014 International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) Mountain Protection Award was presented to Pamir Horse Adventure, a Tajikstan-based community tour operator, for its conservation and tourism development initiatives in the...