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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...

Romania adopts national mountain law

26.11.2018

Following fifteen years of efforts , the official Romanian “Mountain Law” for a better future in mountain areas was adopted during the 11th “Euromontana” Convention that took place 25-27 September...

Workshop on mountain transboundary cooperation

15.11.2018

Mountain transboundary cooperation was the topic of a one-day expert workshop organized by the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) of the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, on...

Highlighting indigenous mountain food systems

14.11.2018

Discussing what is needed to maintain indigenous food systems in mountain areas was the primary focus of a session held during the High-Level Expert Seminar on Indigenous Food Systems. The...

Touring the Pamir mountains

12.11.2018

A group of Bartang women participated in a study tour in the Pamir mountains to learn about natural resource management, tourism and vocational training. The four-day study tour in Lower...

Mountain agriculture, key to achieving zero hunger in Asia

07.11.2018

The Regional Initiative on Zero Hunger in Asia and the Pacific has identified the “strengthening of mountain agriculture and food systems” as one of the key programmatic work areas. The...

Raising awareness of protected mountain areas

06.11.2018

The future of Indigenous and Community Conserved areas (ICCAs) was discussed by a variety of stakeholders including community members, NGOs, donor organizations and academics at the ICCA Consortium in Bishkek,...