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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...

In memoriam: Louis Pascal Camara

09.09.2014

It is with great sadness that we report the loss of one the Mountain Partnership’s focal points. Louis Pascal Camara, who worked at the Ministry of Energy and Environment of...

Promoting sustainable mountain tourism

08.09.2014

Destinations for skiing, climbing, hiking, taking in beautiful landscapes, discovering new cultures and exploring the past, mountains attract tourists for a multitude of reasons. Roughly 15 to 20 percent of...

Boosting media coverage of Himalayan climate change

05.09.2014

To orient and build the media’s capacity to report on climate change and development issues, Centre for Environment Education (CEE) Himalaya and The Third Pole...

Inspiring sustainable mountain development in Africa

02.09.2014

Aiming to ‘inspire sustainable mountain development in Arica,’ the second issue of ‘African Mountains’ Echo’ was released in August 2014. The newsletter, published by the Albertine Rift Conservation...

Quantifying carbon stocks in mountain grasslands

28.08.2014

Carbon market and climate finance schemes, such as the Clean Development Mechanism, REDD+ and the Green Climate Fund, are being examined for their ability to achieve enhanced sustainability outcomes in...

Rocky Mountain and Central Asian collaboration

25.08.2014

Utah Valley University (UVU) facilitated dialogue with its partners from Kyrgyzstan to deepen their promotion of the sustainable mountain development agenda with joint efforts. Meetings in Kyrgyzstan during...