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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...

Indigenous adaptation knowledge in mountains

30.03.2016

Mountain ecosystems and communities are extremely vulnerable to climate change. There is evidence that temperatures are rising faster at higher altitudes. High mountains are ‘highly temperature sensitive regions’, with several...

More power for women in water decisions needed

29.03.2016

The climate threat is real, but its impacts on water resources are further compounded by socioeconomic and demographic pressures, especially on women. This is the reality today in Koshi River...

Promoting SMD in 2015

25.03.2016

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) reflects on its key achievements in promoting sustainable mountain development (SMD) last year in its 2015 annual report. Called “Our Journey in 2015: Mountain Partnership...

Tour of the Alps for journalists

24.03.2016

The Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention is organizing a crossing of the Alps for journalists in early summer, with the aim of raising awareness on the challenges and...

Mountain Futures Initiative for brighter future

23.03.2016

At the Mountain Futures Conference held on1-4 March 2016 in Kunming, China, stakeholders in the world’s mountainous areas put their backs into the Mountain Futures Initiative, which seeks to combine...

Himalayan expedition to light up monastery

22.03.2016

The Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) has announced that its fourth expedition will be to Ladakh, India, in June 2016. This year the carefully selected team will light up the...