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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...

New network for mountain indigenous peoples

14.07.2014

An International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples is being formed to exchange knowledge, technologies and innovations – including seeds - to achieve food sovereignty and climate change adaptation in mountain...

Himalayan environment magazine launched

11.07.2014

The Society for Conserving Planet and Life (COPAL), an NGO based in India, launched Eco Whisper, an environmental magazine, on World Environment Day (5 June 2014) to spur...

Mountain development course starts in Italy

10.07.2014

Around 25 development researchers and practitioners have gathered for the seventh session of International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas (IPROMO) in Ormea, Italy, on...

Cleaning up the mountains in Spain

04.07.2014

Mountain Wilderness will take part in a cleaning day called ‘Gredos Limpio’, which is organized by a citizens’ collective in the Sierra de Gredos in Central Spain. This...

Pendeba initiative at Mount Everest wins prize

03.07.2014

The Pendeba Society of the Tibet Autonomous Region was chosen as one of the winners of the Equator Prize 2014 for its efforts to safeguard the Qomolangma (Mount...

Women Climbing for Climate Change

02.07.2014

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is supporting the K2 expedition: ‘Women Climbing for Climate Change’. The expedition is being undertaken by a team of three...