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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...

Mountain museums form new alliance

21.12.2015

The directors of six mountain museums met at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy, on 11 December for the signing ceremony...

alpMonitor: tracking changes

18.12.2015

Sustainable development is not simply limited to nature protection. As a guiding idea that touches virtually all areas of life, sustainability should be discussed at every lunch, every workshop, schoolroom...

Promoting mountain products

17.12.2015

Over 30 mountain producers from over ten mountain regions of the world gathered in New Delhi, India for the exhibition “Mountain High! Festival of Peoples and Products”. The 11-day exhibition...

Building resilience in mountains - COP21

16.12.2015

“Celebrating International Mountain Day 2015: Building Resilience to Climate Change in Mountain Communities” took place at the 21^st Conference of Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on...

Climate change adaptation in mountains – COP21

15.12.2015

As the new global agreement on climate change was being negotiated in Paris, France, a side event highlighted the impacts of climate change across several mountain ranges on different...

A celebration of mountains at FAO

14.12.2015

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat held an event at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy to celebrate International Mountain Day with three Ambassadors to...