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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...

Soluciones Prácticas starts work on Apolobamba project

04.02.2013

Mountain Partnership member Soluciones Prácticas (Practical Action) has signed an agreement with Asociación Integral San Antonio de Qutapiqiña to work on a project to strengthen local economic development and...

New EU regulation protects mountain products

30.01.2013

A new European Union regulation protecting mountain products entered into force this month.The regulation on agricultural product quality introduces the optional quality term 'mountain product' and recognizes the necessity of...

UNESCO launches Spanish version of mountain education kit

28.01.2013

UNESCO has launched a Spanish version of its environmental education kit for mountain countries.

The kit, which was launched in English and French last year, is intended for secondary...

Dam building in the Indian Himalayas threatens biodiversity

25.01.2013

Unprecedented dam building in the Indian Himalayas holds serious consequences for biodiversity and could pose a threat to human lives and livelihoods, a new study has found.

A team of researchers...

MOUNTFOR mountain forest centre to open in Italy

22.01.2013

The European Forest Institute and the Edmund Mach Foundation have announced a new mountain forest project centre in northern Italy.

The MOUNTFOR Consortium will be located in San Michele all’Adige, Italy,...

New ‘GeoPortal’ for Fouta Djallon Highlands

18.01.2013

The Fouta Djallon Highlands Integrated Natural Resources Management Project, implemented jointly by the African Union (AU), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization...