Mountain people among the world’s hungriest as biodiversity loss and climate change take their tollnewsMountains host about half of the global biodiversity hotspots and are home to a growing number of the world's hungriest people, according to a new study launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners to mark International Mountain Day 2020. The study conducted by...
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International Mountain Day 2020: Mira Rai made Mountain Partnership ambassadornewsNepalese trail and sky runner Mira Rai was today appointed a Mountain Partnership Goodwill Ambassador as people across the world celebrate International Mountain Day. The Mountain Partnership is a United Nations voluntary alliance dedicated to improving the lives of mountain peoples and protecting mountain environments, with a secretariat hosted at the...
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Vulnerability of mountain peoples to food insecurity: updated data and analysis of driverspublicationThis study, the third of its type published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), adds further evidence that in mountain regions of developing countries, food insecurity, social isolation, environmental degradation, exposure to the risk of disasters and to the impacts of climate change, and limited... Download » |
New call for funding proposals launched, IKI Small GrantsnewsThe Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) has launched the second call for proposals under the IKI Small Grants programme with funds from the International Climate Initiative (IKI) and in cooperation with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ). Small non-governmental organizations and initiatives...
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Active Remedy Ltd. becomes signatory of the Edinburgh Declaration and calls for greater attention to mountains through full implementation of Target 6.6, 2030 AgendanewsMountain Partnership member Active Remedy Ltd. has recently become signatories in the 2020 Edinburgh Declaration on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (GBF). The 2020 Edinburgh Declaration sets out the aspirations and commitments of the Scottish Government, Edinburgh Process partners and the wider subnational constituency of the Convention on Biological Diversity...
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Mountain Biodiversity Matters: FAO's high-level event to mark International Mountain Daypeak to peakThe December 2020 issue of Peak to Peak announces FAO's online celebration of International Mountain Day. This month's Members' Voices is a Mountain Partnership Products producer story about baby mountain yak wool insulating livelihoods in Mongolia. Peak to Peak December brings to you four top news stories from the past... Download » |
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