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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...

Members’ Voices: Mountain Homestays, India

29.06.2020

"By bringing in employment opportunities to their doorstep through electrification and tourism opportunities, Mountain Homestays not only empower the local women population but also prevent migration ......

IPROMO 2020 call for applications: Mountains in a changing climate

23.06.2020

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat is pleased to announce the call for applications for the thirteenth International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas (IPROMO) course. The annual training...

Involving farmers to save pollinators in Sikkim-Darjeeling Himalaya, India

17.06.2020

On 5 June 2020, World Environment Day, the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology (ATREE) used modern technology to engage Eastern Himalayan farmers in collecting data on pollinators and...

CHINAR helps Uttarakhand families through COVID19 Relief Programme

16.06.2020

The Central Himalayan Institute for Nature and Applied Research (CHINAR) is supporting Himalayan communities through their COVID19 Relief Programme in the Bageshwar and Pithoragarh Districts of Uttarakhand, India. Through the...

Juniper forests and the survival of high mountain communities in Central Asia

12.06.2020

The University of Central Asia’s (UCA) Mountain Societies Research Institute is leading the way in groundbreaking work on tracking the growth of juniper forests in Central Asia.

One third of forest...

Video message delivered by Sustainable Summits leaders

08.06.2020

Conference leaders of “Sustainable Summits 2020”, many of which are Mountain Partnership members, spoke out on World Environment Day about the future of mountain environments, giving a post COVID-19...