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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...

Baby mountain yak wool insulates livelihoods in Mongolia

02.11.2020

Bayarmagnai Batsuuri lives with his wife and two children in the mountains of central Mongolia. The Batsuuri family resides in the Erdenebulgan district of the Arkhangai province: a herder's paradise, with...

Discussing the resilient development of Karnali Province, Nepal

30.10.2020

More than 100 local government representatives, experts on disaster risk reduction and civil society organization members participated in a virtual dialogue on the resilient development of Karnali Province, Nepal.

In observance...

Call for papers on pastoralism and rangelands in mountains

28.10.2020

Mountain Research and Development (MRD) invites papers that address transformations affecting pastoralism and rangelands in mountains and in high-elevation landscapes, their interactions with other systems, and the solutions local communities,...

Pre-Expo Dubai series highlights mountain products

21.10.2020

The Pre-Expo Dubai programme series highlights the Mountain Partnership Products (MPP) Initiative during Climate and Biodiversity Week.

Selected as one of 25 Best Practices out of 1 175 from around...

Sparking change in mountain biodiversity through youth

20.10.2020

A panel of seven youth mountain champions from around the world addressed sustainable mountain development and biodiversity conservation during a web dialogue organised by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS). Each...

Toplang tree planting adds to worldwide network of Living Chapel gardens

16.10.2020

Friends and partners of the Living Chapel recently engaged in their first ever worldwide planting event. The event encouraged the establishment of new Laudato Si’ gardens, the strengthening of...