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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...

Partnering to Protect Mountain Ecosystems from the Vagaries of Climate Change (UNFCCC COP17, Durban, South Africa)

05.12.2011

Seeking to highlight the critical role mountain ecosystems play in climate adaptation and sustainable development, Mountain Day was held on 4 December 2011 during the 17th session of the Conference...

Mountain Partnership Coordinator attends UNFCCC COP17 in Durban

02.12.2011

Dear Mountain Friends,

I will be attending the UNFCCC COP17 in Durban from 2 to 7 December 2011

On 4 December, I will participate in International Mountain Day delivering a presentation on...

Climate Summit for a Living Himalaya

22.11.2011

Climate change poses severe threats to Himalayan nations. With 24 of its 2674 glacial lakes considered unstable, the Kingdom of Bhutan alone is preparing for an increase in "mountain tsunamis",...

Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptation and Development in Mountain Regions

18.11.2011

There is still very limited awareness, let alone concern, at the global-level of the impacts caused by climate change in mountain ecosystems. The information available generally focuses on retreating glaciers....

Towards Rio+20 - contributions about mountain issues for the compilation document - Deadline Reminder!

25.10.2011

Join the Mountain Partnership community in the campaign to ensure that mountain issues receive their strongly deserved attention in the Rio+20 agenda. An important World Mountain Conference recently concluded in...

Natural Hazards Mitigation: Prediction and Assessment: Call for Papers

24.10.2011

The Kamla Raja Girls Government Post - Graduate College, Gwalior (Madhya, Pradesh in India) has opened a Call for papers to contribute to a book titled 'Natural Hazards Mitigation: Prediction...