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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...

Mountain tourism experts meet in Andorra

10.03.2016

Over two days, snow and mountain tourism professionals held discussions on the theme “Sport and Adventure: A Promising Combination for Mountain Destinations”, analysing the prospects for the development of this...

Join Utah in honouring Dr Rusty Butler

09.03.2016

Utah Valley University (UVU) officially announced the retirement of Dr Ross “Rusty” Butler, Associate Vice President, International Affairs and Diplomacy. Dr Butler - an extraordinary individual with a...

Call for abstracts for 'Mountains 2016'

08.03.2016

Abstracts for the I International Conference on Research for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions are still being accepted. Researchers, practitioners, experts and decision-makers are invited to submit abstracts of...

World Mountain Forum registration now open

29.02.2016

The Government of Uganda, through its Ministry of Water and Environment (MoWE) jointly with Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) and in collaboration with partners in a...

International Mountain Day to feature culture

26.02.2016

“Mountain Cultures: celebrating diversity and strengthening identity” is the theme chosen for this year’s celebration of International Mountain Day on 11 December 2016.

The concept of traditional heritage,...

FAO meeting discusses hunger in the mountains

25.02.2016

The findings of the report, “Mapping the vulnerability of mountain peoples to food insecurity”, were presented during an event at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...