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Mountain Partnership project highlighted at The World Farmers Markets Coalition Second General Assembly

19.07.2024

On 12 July 2024, industry leaders, agriculture experts and farmers gathered from around the world for an event focused on leveraging partnerships to enhance local food systems. The event featured a series of roundtable discussions aimed at identifying and forging new alliances.

The first roundtable discussion explored the challenges and opportunities...

Mountains and the 2030 Agenda – COP22

14.11.2016

Organized within the framework of the Mountain Partnership, the official side event “Mapping and understanding mountains to achieve the 2030 Agenda” was held on 11 November 2016 at the 22nd...

Clean energy for remote mountain communities

09.11.2016

Energy-efficient stoves, solar cookers and solar lanterns will improve the lives of mountain inhabitants in the upper part of the Bartang Valley, Tajikistan. Twenty of the most vulnerable families, about...

Survey shows positive impacts of IPROMO course

04.11.2016

In July 2017, the International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas (IPROMO) will celebrate its tenth anniversary. In order to assess the impact IPROMO has...

New report on African mountain development

03.11.2016

On 19 October 2016, Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Partners released a new report that looks at the impact of...

Call for applicants for MRI Executive Director

28.10.2016

The Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) is calling for applications for the position of Executive Director. MRI is a multidisciplinary scientific organization that addresses global change issues in mountain...

A network and declaration from Mountains 2016

27.10.2016

The event Mountains 2016 held in Bragança, Portugal aimed at promoting sustainable development in mountains. It included two conferences: the tenth European Mountain Convention (EMC) on 3-4 October and the...