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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...

The Alps and the Ardennes share experiences

03.10.2014

A workshop strengthened the connection between two mountain areas in the heart of Europe - the Alps and the Ardennes. International, national, regional and local authorities, the scientific community and...

Medicinal plants help Nepal’s mountain communities

01.10.2014

In a tiny village called Chepuwa in the Sankhuwasabha district of Nepal, high in the Himalayas and almost four days’ trek from the nearest road, Mikmar Bhote has been growing...

Site preserves Polish mountain life and culture

26.09.2014

The European Association of Elected Representatives from Mountain Areas in Poland and Wojtowice - Back to the future, an NGO whose mission is to promote sustainable mountain development...

Mountain Research and Development issue online

25.09.2014

A decade after the last issue of Mountain Research and Development dedicated to women in mountains, the current issue (Volume 34, Issue 3) on Gender and Sustainable Development...

Chile announces national mountain committee

23.09.2014

The Chilean Mountain Committee was created on 12 September 2014. Seven ministers and seven service chiefs signed a decree forming a working group, which will aim to advise diverse state...

Landscape conservation and development in Myanmar

22.09.2014

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) with its partners has been engaged in developing transboundary landscapes applying an ecosystem approach. For this purpose, seven transboundary landscapes...