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MPS releases 2023 Annual Report highlighting major achievements in sustainable mountain development

09.08.2024

The Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) has released its 2023 Annual Report, now accessible online. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the MPS's accomplishments in promoting sustainable mountain development throughout the year, together with spotlights on Mountain Partnership members' work.

Key highlights include the Secretariat's efforts in advocacy, communication...

Award-winning project buzzes with innovation for bees and women

11.04.2024

The Mountain Partnership's 2023 training course "GROW – Agrobiodiversity in a changing climate" featured an innovation contest on the importance of biodiversity for creating jobs in agriculture. Participant Ysa Calderón...

Call for applications for master’s programme on sustainable mountain development

02.04.2024

The University of Milan's University of the Mountain (UNIMONT) campus is now accepting applications for the master's degree programme "Valorization and sustainable development of mountain areas" (MOUNTAINSIDE – class LM-73).

Taught...

Announcing the International Mountain Day 2024 theme

26.03.2024

“Mountain solutions for a sustainable future – innovation, adaptation, youth and beyond” is the theme of this year's International Mountain Day (IMD) on 11 December.

Over centuries, mountain communities have developed...

New products and experiences: an opportunity for mountain tourism

25.03.2024

The 12th World Congress on Snow, Mountain and Wellness Tourism identified key challenges, among them climate change and evolving consumer trends, while recognizing the role tourism can play in...

Mountain Youth Hub calls for the empowerment of mountain women and girls at CSW68

22.03.2024

During a side event at the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68), Mountain Youth Hub co-founder and co-leader Ritikaa Gupta from Canada called for the...

New brief: integrating Indigenous knowledge for climate adaptation in mountain regions

20.03.2024

A new brief has been published that synthesizes experience and learning captured on the Adaptation at Altitude Solution Portal that show how Indigenous knowledge (also termed local or traditional knowledge)...