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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...

Monitoring K2 climate data in real time

31.07.2014

The highest climate monitoring station in the Baltoro area of Pakistan was installed near K2 Base Camp in July 2014, as part of the international monitoring project, Stations at High...

Advocating for mountains at the UN

25.07.2014

Utah Valley University attended the 12^th session of the UN Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which was held on16-20 June 2014, in New York,...

Utah Valley University students study in Peru

24.07.2014

Dr Sara Ulloa, Associate Professor of Utah Valley University (UVU) Languages Department and Advisor to the Sustainable Mountain Development Club at UVU, led a group of 19 students...

Mountain development course delves into farming

21.07.2014

Twenty-four mountain development practitioners and researchers from 21 countries learned about promoting sustainable farming in mountain regions from 8 to 18 July 2014 in Ormea, Italy. The ten-day course, called...

Two Kyrgyz MP members share project experiences

16.07.2014

Two Kyrgyz mountain communities, involved in Mountain Partnership (MP) members'projects, met on 23 June 2014 to exchange experiences and build their respective capacities to harvest mushrooms and grow medicinal plants....

Award to protect the mountains mountaineers love

15.07.2014

The mountains of the world draw millions of climbers and trekkers each year and every one of them leaves a footprint – some more permanent than others.

With that in mind,...