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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...

Colorado, first US state to join MP

10.01.2022

On 16 December 2021, the State of Colorado became the first state of the United States of America to join the Mountain Partnership through its Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry...

2022 proclaimed “International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development”

22.12.2021

The United Nations General Assembly declared the year 2022 as the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development, at the proposal of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic. The corresponding resolution...

Project documents the mountaineering itineraries of Pakistan’s Swat District

21.12.2021

In 2021, a group of 11 Italian climbers together with Pakistani mountaineers travelled to the upper valleys of Swat in Pakistan to complete a further step of the “Swat Project”. Mountain...

Ethical fashion can transform lives in the world’s mountains

17.12.2021

Ethical fashion has enormous potential to change lives for the better.

For many years now, I have been collaborating on collections with women from developing countries in Asia, Africa, South America...

Bringing positive change to mountain people and global environments on International Mountain Day

13.12.2021

Covering around 27 percent of the earth's land surface and home to 15 percent of the global population, mountains play a critical role in moving the world towards sustainable economic...

Sustainable tourism can offer mountain communities a path to prosperity and inclusion

10.12.2021

Sustainable tourism plays a key role in boosting livelihoods, poverty alleviation, and environmental conservation in mountainous areas, according to a new report launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of...