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Mountain Partnership project highlighted at The World Farmers Markets Coalition Second General Assembly

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...

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International Mountain Day 2012

International Mountain Day 2012

11.12.2012

Today is International Mountain Day! We have been marking the day since 2002, when the United Nations first designated 11 December as the date to highlight the importance of sustainable...

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European Union & ICIMOD launch €11 million Rural Livelihood and Climate Change Adaptation programme in the Himalayan region

European Union & ICIMOD launch €11 million Rural Livelihood and Climate Change Adaptation programme in the Himalayan region

05.12.2012

The European Union (EU) and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has signed a €11 million agreement for livelihood development and mitigation of climate change impacts through adaptation....

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UNEP: Methane released from melting ice could push climate past tipping point

UNEP: Methane released from melting ice could push climate past tipping point

29.11.2012

Thawing permafrost releases methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, but this has not yet been included in models of the future climate. Permafrost covers nearly a quarter of the northern hemisphere...

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MRD 32.3 on Central Asian Mountain Societies in Transition: Now available in Russian

MRD 32.3 on Central Asian Mountain Societies in Transition: Now available in Russian

21.11.2012

For the first time in the history of Mountain Research and Development, an entire issue has been translated. Translation of Vol 32, No 3 (August 2012) into Russian was made...

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Mountain gorilla population grows

Mountain gorilla population grows

20.11.2012

The total world population of mountain gorillas has risen to 880, according to census data released a week ago by the Uganda Wildlife Authority. The critically endangered animals live only...

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Himalayan Glaciers Will Shrink Despite Steady Climate

Himalayan Glaciers Will Shrink Despite Steady Climate

20.11.2012

Some glaciers of the Himalayas will continue shrinking for many years to come, even if temperatures hold steady, a Brigham Young University geology professor, Summer Rupert, has predicted. Rupper’s most...

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