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MPS releases 2023 Annual Report highlighting major achievements in sustainable mountain development

MPS releases 2023 Annual Report highlighting major achievements in sustainable mountain development

09.08.2024

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) has released its 2023 Annual Report, now accessible online. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the MPS's accomplishments in promoting sustainable mountain development throughout the year, together with spotlights on Mountain Partnership members' work.

Key highlights include the Secretariat's efforts in advocacy, communication...

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Landscape Blog launched on 30 January 2012

Landscape Blog launched on 30 January 2012

06.02.2012

As part of the three-year collaborative Landscape for People, Food and Nature Initiative, the new Landscapes Blog has now been launched. The Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, which...

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Ban Ki Moon on the perspectives for Rio+20 at the World Economic Forum

Ban Ki Moon on the perspectives for Rio+20 at the World Economic Forum

04.02.2012

The World Economic Forum (WEF) held its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, from 25-29 January 2012, gathering industry, business, government and other world leaders to discuss current issues. UN Secretary-General...

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System of Rice Intensification (SRI) increases high-altitude rice yields in Madagascar

System of Rice Intensification (SRI) increases high-altitude rice yields in Madagascar

03.02.2012

The SRI method was developed in the 1980s by the French Jesuit priest Henri de Laulanié. Challenging traditional rice production, SRI farmers transplant young seedlings with greater spacing on soil...

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WWF's top 2012 endangered species

02.02.2012

The numbers of mountain gorillas, Sumatran orangutans, wild tigers and snow leopards are gradually declining - with hunting and habitat loss just some of the reasons that these animals are...

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Need to Rewrite the Mountain Perspective

Need to Rewrite the Mountain Perspective

01.02.2012

Fragile, remote and marginal. These three adjectives are commonly used to address mountains in the so-called ‘mountain perspective’, said Indian development analyst Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma on chimalaya.org. For two decades,...

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40 years of UNESCO World Heritage Convention

31.01.2012

UNESCO is one of our most prestigious members, and we have asked Marc Patry from the World Heritage Centre what the Convention envisages for mountains. How is UNESCO...

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