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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...

Global Himalayan Expedition wins tourism award

16.05.2017

Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE), a Mountain Partnership member from India, won the Start-Up Innovation Award for the category of “impact tourism” at the fifth World Tourism Forum Lucerne...

Eradicating poverty in mountains

15.05.2017

The Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RANS), a Mountain Partnership member in General Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), contributed a written statement...

Latest newsletter from the Mount Kenya Trust

11.05.2017

The Mount Kenya Trust shares news of its recent events and initiatives in the latest edition of “Mountain Dispatches”, the Mount Kenya Trust’s quarterly newsletter. Covering news from...

Call for experts, climate change and land

09.05.2017

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is currently requesting that governments, observer organizations and IPCC Bureau Members nominate coordinating lead authors, lead authors and review editors for the IPCC...

Mountains highlighted at Model UN conference

05.05.2017

A Utah Valley University (UVU) delegation was recognized for its advocacy efforts on behalf of mountainous nations and of Kyrgyzstan in particular during the 67th session of the...

Mountains 2018 organizers call for input

03.05.2017

Mountains 2018 is the second in a series of international conferences that will bring together scholars, professionals, policy-makers and other stakeholders from the mountain world. The conference seeks to stimulate...