UNESCO has launched a Spanish version of its environmental education kit for mountain countries.The kit, which was launched in English and French last year, is intended for secondary and late...
Unprecedented dam building in the Indian Himalayas holds serious consequences for biodiversity and could pose a threat to human lives and livelihoods, a new study has found.
A team of researchers...
The European Forest Institute and the Edmund Mach Foundation have announced a new mountain forest project centre in northern Italy.
The MOUNTFOR Consortium will be located in San Michele all’Adige, Italy,...
The Fouta Djallon Highlands Integrated Natural Resources Management Project, implemented jointly by the African Union (AU), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...
UNEP and partners have published a new report, ‘The Role and Contribution of Montane Forests and Related Ecosystem Services to the Kenyan Economy’.
The montane forests of Kenya produce direct economic...
The Consortium for Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion (CONDESAN) is producing and broadcasting InfoAndina TV, a weekly web TV program which airs on Thursdays at 7pm (GMT-5) through the...
The latest issue of Mountain Research and Development (volume 32, issue 4) is now online with open access to all articles. Three Mountain Development articles present an approach comparing forest...
The Eco-Forum of Uzbekistan is implementing a targeted programme for public participation in the integrated development of mountain areas.
This year it carried out projects to create a sustainable mechanism for...
CEE Himalaya is working to strengthen livelihoods through the sustainable use of medicinal plants as part of a UNDP-GEF funded project in Uttarakhand, India.
Working in three medicinal plant conservation sites,...
Over 15 representatives from the Middle East and North African (MENA) region met in Marrakech this week to discuss the effects of climate change in mountains. After two days of...
A four-year research and development project on the impacts of climate change on insect pests in eastern African mountains is underway in Kenya, coordinated by the International Center of Insect...
The Mountain Partnership now has a Facebook page: www.facebook.com/mountainpartnership.
We'll be posting with the latest activities of Mountain Partnership members and with news from the world of sustainable mountain development as...
Prakriti’s Climate Himalaya initiative has won India’s prestigious Manthan eNGO Challenge Award 2012 for its knowledge networking outreach on climate adaptation and mountain development issues in Himalayan region.
The eNGO Challenge...
International Mountain Day 2012, commemorating the 10 year anniversary of the International Year of Mountains, was widely celebrated by Mountain Partnership (MP) members from Central Asia, Altai and Dagestan on...
A regional meeting on Climate Change and Mountains in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region will take place in Marrakech 16-18 December.
The meeting is the fourth in a...
The 195 parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) approved a complex package called “The Doha Climate Gateway” at December’s UN Climate Change Conference - Conference of...
Today is International Mountain Day! We have been marking the day since 2002, when the United Nations first designated 11 December as the date to highlight the importance of sustainable...
The European Union (EU) and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has signed a €11 million agreement for livelihood development and mitigation of climate change impacts through adaptation....
Thawing permafrost releases methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, but this has not yet been included in models of the future climate. Permafrost covers nearly a quarter of the northern hemisphere...
For the first time in the history of Mountain Research and Development, an entire issue has been translated. Translation of Vol 32, No 3 (August 2012) into Russian was made...