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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...

Action in mountains vital to global goals

11.05.2016

United Nations (UN) diplomats in New York, USA, called for efforts to address the rising rate of food insecurity in the mountainous areas of developing countries on 6 May 2016,...

Video captures Alpine languages and cultures

10.05.2016

The Alpine Convention produced a video of its International Mountain Day 2015 celebration, "Reading Mountains", to document and promote mountain literature and culture, in recognition of the role mountain...

MPS Coordinator urges action on mountains

09.05.2016

A paradigm shift is needed in recognition of the global importance of mountains and the ecosystem services they provide, Thomas Hofer, Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) Coordinator told United Nations Radio...

Mountains for Europe’s future

06.05.2016

The Mountain Research Initiative and the Swiss-Austrian Alliance for Mountain Research would like to draw your attention to the Strategic Research Agenda "Mountains for Europe’s Future", a publication was...

Call for nominations for mountain legacy medal

28.04.2016

The Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal (SEHMLM) is awarded for remarkable service in the conservation of culture and nature in mountainous regions. It is intended both to honor the...

FAO launches funding mechanism for mountains

27.04.2016

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Mountain Partnership Secretariat announced on 22 April 2016 that they would start a Mountain Facility, or funding mechanism, to address the rising...