High-Level Political Forum Mountain Partnership Side Event: Building Climate Action in MountainseventMountain ecosystems are home to almost one billion people, or 15 percent of the world’s population, and provide essential services for downstream areas, particularly water regulation. Climate change increasingly threatens the ecosystems service provision by mountains and their support to mountain communities’ livelihoods. The Mountain Partnership is hosting a side...
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CHINAR educates public on mountain ecosystemsnewsMountain Partnership (MP) member the Central Himalayan Institute for Nature & Applied Research (CHINAR) recently began coordinating two new programmes in the Indian Himalaya to connect people with nature. CHINAR initiated a basic birdwatching course for all ages in Nainital, Uttarakhand. The course lasted one week, and provided participants with knowledge...
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CONDESAN invests in rural youth in EcuadornewsThe Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion (CONDESAN) is investing in the development of young rural leaders, key actors for the sustainability of the mountain forests in the Andean Chocó region of Ecuador. This exceptional territory was recently declared the “Chocó Andino de Pichincha Biosphere...
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The Ranikhet DeclarationpublicationMountain Partnership Products (MPP) initiative representatives agreed to a number of measures to establish a global Mountain Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) which intends to protect sustainable farming practices of small-holder farmers in mountain regions. Download » |
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EcoHimal trains mountain farmers in bio-intensive methodnewsAbout 300 rural farmers in Nepal have been trained on intensive planting techniques thanks to Mountain Partnership (MP) member EcoHimal Nepal (EHN). The trainings, which were suitable for both beginning and advanced levels, took place in the remote village of Khiraule in Solukhumbu. The training was facilitated by EHN Executive...
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IPROMO 2019 Summer School: Landscape approach for enhancing mountain resilienceeventThe International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas (IPROMO) offers annual two week courses on the sustainable management of mountain areas and is organized by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with the University of...
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