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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...

World Environment Day in mountains of India

24.06.2016

Stretching over 12 states - Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarkhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and the hilly districts of Assam and West Bengal, the Indian...

Forest survey – your participation invited

22.06.2016

You are invited to take part in a global survey that the FAO Forest and Water Programme has released to take stock of the many variables, indicators and methods being...

Mountain Societies Research Institute report

21.06.2016

The Mountain Societies Research Institute (MSRI) of the University of Central Asia (UCA) published a research report and policy brief on the subject: “Natural resource management dynamics in border...

Greening Costa Rica mountain schools

20.06.2016

For several years the Hotel Villa Blanca management office, which also owns the José Miguel Alfaro Biological Research Centre situated on the hotel property in the Los Angeles district of...

Promoting mountain products in Bolivia

17.06.2016

Alongside small mountain producers in Bolivia and Slow Food agronomists, Alessia Vita, Programme Expert/Economist at the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, developed a strategy on 29 May – 1 June 2016...

Job available at University of Central Asia

16.06.2016

The University of Central Asia (UCA) is seeking a new senior research scientist for long-term socio-ecological system research and environmental monitoring. The duty station will be at Bishkek, Kyrgyz...