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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...

Innovative rebound strategies for mountain food systems

26.10.2021

The importance of networks for mountain territories in times of crisis was the focus of a roundtable discussion at the 2021 edition of the Origin, Diversity and Territories Forum on...

Summer field school for mountain leaders

21.10.2021

To build the capacities of future mountain leaders, Canada-based Mountain Partnership member The Grassroots Institute hosted the ten-day “Summer field school on mountain ecosystems and resource management”. The virtual...

International Mountain Day 2021 photo contest opens

18.10.2021

The theme of the International Mountain Day 2021 photo contest launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 18 October is “sustainable tourism in...

University of Milan launches mountain education manifesto at Expo 2020 Dubai

14.10.2021

The University of Milan’s UNIMONT Centre launched a youth-centred manifesto for the promotion of a sustainable and lively future in mountain areas globally at Expo 2020 Dubai.

The Mountain Education...

Six days to the “Big Climb” of Mount Kilimanjaro

12.10.2021

On 19 October 2021, a diverse group of change-makers will join forces to climb Africa’s highest peak. Athletes, political leaders, United Nations officials, medical doctors, scientists and youth advocates will...

FAO Director-General calls for action for mountains at Expo 2020 Dubai

07.10.2021

Urgent action is needed to prioritise mountain ecosystems in order to protect them from the current climate crisis and empower mountain people to build resilient livelihoods, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu...