Some glaciers of the Himalayas will continue shrinking for many years to come, even if temperatures hold steady, a Brigham Young University geology professor, Summer Rupert, has predicted. Rupper’s most...
During the Regional Workshop Post-Rio +20 "Sustainable Mountain Development: Building the future we need" held on November 12-14 in Lima, Peru, the Consortium for Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion...
The total world population of mountain gorillas has risen to 880, according to census data released a week ago by the Uganda Wildlife Authority. The critically endangered animals live only...
The Conference "Climate change and sustainable development in the mountain regions of Bolivia" was held on 21 August 2012, in the city of La Paz, Bolivia. The event was organized...
The University of Central Asia’s (UCA) Mountain Societies Research Centre (MSRC) and Mountain Partnership Central Asia Hub launched the Sustainable Mountain Development in Central Asia – From Rio 1992 to...
In recent years, large-scale land acquisition by private and public investors has been a dynamic and much debated trend, often triggering extensive land use changes. From a mountain community perspective,...
Mountain Day 2 “Mainstreaming Rio+20 outcomes in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) processes for prosperous, resilient, and sustainable mountain ecosystems and communities” was held in Doha, Qatar,...
The loss of glaciers in Peru has increased from 22 to 27% percentand in some cases up to 35 percent, according to the Minister of Environment of Peru, Manuel Pulgar...
According to an analysis published in October 2012, Tien Shan's glaciers have retreated in recent decades due to changing climate conditions, reducing significantly the availability of water for the people...
The MyCOE / SERVIR Initiative in the Himalayas is a 10-month fellowship program for undergraduate and graduate students who are citizens of eligible countries, currently enrolled in any field at...
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic. – The University of Central Asia’s (UCA) Mountain Societies Research Centre (MSRC) and Mountain Partnership Central Asia Hub launched the Sustainable Mountain Development in Central Asia –...
State Agency on environment protection and forestry of Kyrgyz Republic (SAEP) has presented the National Environmental Report for 2006-2011.
The report was developed by the agency, jointly with Kyrgyz Statistics Office...
Some 170 policy makers, researchers and development practitioners from 27 countries came together for the government of Bhutan’s international conference on gender and sustainable mountain development in October. The conference,...
The three-day CAMP forum on sustainable mountain development in Central Asia took place on October 4-6, 2012, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Entitled ‘Sustainable Land Management –up-scaling benefits for rural communities’, the...
The Minister of Environment of Ecuador, Marcela Aquiñaga, has presented the National Strategy on Climate Change. The strategy proposes, among other things, to step up efforts to conserve forest resources,...
The Mountain Partnership Task Force met in Rome in October at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss the future of the alliance. Around 25 representatives from governments, intergovernmental organizations...
Mountain women will come under the spotlight in October as the government of Bhutan holds an international conference on gender and sustainable mountain development.
The conference, Bhutan+10: Gender and Sustainable Mountain...
19 сентября 2012 года. Дагестан. Президент Дагестана Магомедсалам Магомедов встретился с членами Ассоциации «Горные территории Дагестана» в рамках своего рабочего визита в Хунзахский район. В поездке главу республики сопровождали: заместитель.
The Mountain Partnership is a United Nations voluntary alliance of partners dedicated to improving the lives of mountain peoples and protecting mountain environments around the world.
The partnership addresses the challenges...
Devising the country and site specific, on-going sustainable schemes for rewarding people to protect or enhance environmental services beneficial to an even wider population remains as a challenge. Nevertheless, sharing...
