Learning from the traditional practices and adaptation solutions developed by mountain communities to achieve a sound model for sustainable development was one of the key messages mentioned during a seminar...
The World Mountain Forum held last week gathered around two hundred mountain stakeholders from across the globe to promote concrete action for Sustainable Mountain Development.
The global event provided a unique...
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)- with support from the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Kathmandu, the Government of Nepal and other partners – has recently released a publication entitled,...
Metsovion Interdisciplinary Research Center (MIRC) of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Development Foundation is organizing the second documentary film competition on the environment and the integrated development of...
The Bhutan Ecological Society (BES) would like invite all interested national and international scientists and practitioners to submit their manuscripts (PDF only) to [email protected], for consideration for publication in the...
Supported by the Municipality of Dénia, Spain, Culinart, a workshop combining scenic and plastic arts with haute cuisine, showed the link between nature and food on 5-7 May 2014. A...
The training workshop “Assistance in the reduction of land degradation in mountains territories” for farmers, experts, representatives of local and municipal authorities took place in the Akhangaran area of Uzbekistan’s...
The Lebanon Mountain Trail Association (LMT) completed its six annual, month-long thru-walk on 4 May 2014. The long-distance walk (470 km) started in Marjaayoun, in south Lebanon, and headed north...
On 7-9 May 2014 in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, government officials representing Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Colombia further elaborated an Andean governmental mechanism for the sustainable development of the...
A three-day workshop on ‘Unlocking the potential of youth in context of climate change’ was held in Uttarakhand in the Indian Himalayan Region on 28-30 April 2014. The workshop aimed...
Professors, students and researchers of economics from around the world discussed the importance of sustainable mountain economies and how to promote development in mountain areas in Guiyang, China, on 6-8...
Diplomats representing 15 governments and heads of several US-based Major Groups decided on 29 April 2014 that the mountain agenda should hone in on two succinct but compelling arguments for...
Vicki Fenwick-Judy is The Mountain Institute’s (TMI) new Appalachia Program Director. In this role, she will be taking up the leadership of the US-based organization’s environmental, watershed and wilderness education...
WikiAlps, an encyclopaedia-like platform, will go online in May 2014 and provide ready-to-use information about selected territorial development European Union (EU) projects to support policy making. The online platform will...
A new issues brief calling for mountains to be recognized in the sustainable development goals (SDGs) was issued by the Mountain Partnership in April 2014. The United Nations (UN) is...
A report on the status of how young people are participating in decision making in the seven Alpine states has been released by International Commission for the Protection of the...
Swiss Re Foundation is accepting proposals for its International ReSource Award for Sustainable Watershed Management until 30 April 2014. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), private, scientific and public institutions are encouraged to...
Utah International Mountain Forum (UIMF), a coalition of student clubs at Utah Valley University (UVU) , hosts a number of events in the state of Utah to further the agenda of...
Lessons learned from the Uttarakhand Disaster, one of the biggest flooding disasters in the history of India, were discussed at the Forest Research Institute in Dehradun, India, on 26 March...
The 100 participants from 30 countries attending the International Conference on Organic and Ecological Agriculture in Mountain Ecosystems developed an action plan for the transition towards organic agriculture and food...
