Utah Valley University attended the 12th session of the UN Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which was held on16-20 June 2014, in New York, USA. During...
Dr Sara Ulloa, Associate Professor of Utah Valley University (UVU) Languages Department and Advisor to the Sustainable Mountain Development Club at UVU, led a group of 19 students to immerse...
Twenty-four mountain development practitioners and researchers from 21 countries learned about promoting sustainable farming in mountain regions from 8 to 18 July 2014 in Ormea, Italy. The ten-day course, called...
Two Kyrgyz mountain communities, involved in Mountain Partnership (MP) members'projects, met on 23 June 2014 to exchange experiences and build their respective capacities to harvest mushrooms and grow medicinal plants....
The mountains of the world draw millions of climbers and trekkers each year and every one of them leaves a footprint – some more permanent than others.
With that in mind,...
An International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples is being formed to exchange knowledge, technologies and innovations – including seeds - to achieve food sovereignty and climate change adaptation in mountain...
The Society for Conserving Planet and Life (COPAL), an NGO based in India, launched Eco Whisper, an environmental magazine, on World Environment Day (5 June 2014) to spur responsible thinking...
Around 25 development researchers and practitioners have gathered for the seventh session of International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas (IPROMO) in Ormea, Italy, on...
Mountain Wilderness will take part in a cleaning day called ‘Gredos Limpio’, which is organized by a citizens’ collective in the Sierra de Gredos in Central Spain. This initiative, supported...
The Pendeba Society of the Tibet Autonomous Region was chosen as one of the winners of the Equator Prize 2014 for its efforts to safeguard the Qomolangma (Mount Everest) National...
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is supporting the K2 expedition: ‘Women Climbing for Climate Change’. The expedition is being undertaken by a team of three young women...
The Centre for Climate Change and Disaster Reduction in partnership with Khorog State University, Youth for Mountain Development and the State Committee for Emergency Situations of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast are organizing...
The Mountain Partnership would like to express gratitude to all the mountain enthusiasts who responded to our call for videos. We received a number of fascinating videos about mountain peoples...
At least one billion people, or 14 percent of the world’s population, live in mountain areas of the world and most of these peoples face the risk of food insecurity...
Centre for Environment Education (CEE Himalaya) celebrated International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD) with school children, teachers, local NGOs and community members on 22 May 2014 at several places across the Indian...
Following this week’s Mountain Partnership’s call for action, several members have taken action with their Governments requesting that mountains receive the attention they deserve in the sustainable development goals process.
Civil...
Mountain Research and Development (MRD) is seeking policy- and practice-oriented, well-validated insights into the effectiveness of disaster risk reduction and recovery approaches in mountains, as well as papers that present novel research...
The Journal of Alpine Research/Revue de Géographie Alpine has issued a call for papers on “Mountains as global suppliers: New forms of disparities between mountains and the metropolitan nodes” to...
As the final round of discussions on the sustainable development goals (SDG) comes to a close, Mountain Partnership members are rallying support to ensure that recognition of mountains and the...
In March 2014, a severe forest fire took place on the southeast region of Costa Rica. It spread to the mountains of Chirripó National Park, which are the tallest of...
