Call for entries: Tales of Mountain BiodiversitynewsThe Mountain Partnership and the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment have launched the “Tales of Mountain Biodiversity” initiative. The proposal calls for mountain lovers worldwide to submit stories of biodiversity in their mountains.
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Scaling up International Mountain Day preparationsnewsThe Mountain Partnership is getting a head start on International Mountain Day 2020 preparations this year, planning an international campaign to draw attention to mountains. This year’s International Mountain Day plans include new collaborations and enhanced resources based on Mountain Partnership members’ needs, as identified by a survey of Mountain...
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Members’ Voices: Asan Alymkulov, Federation of Organic Development Bio-KGnewsMy country, Kyrgyzstan, is more than 90 percent mountainous, and nearly half of us live in rural areas. I work closely with these communities and see the struggles of mountain peoples and how hard they work to survive in the face of stalled development and youth outmigration. Kyrgyz people have...
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FAO Assists in Enhancing the Resilience of Mountain Communities and EnvironmentspublicationThis article was written by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat Coordinator Yuka Makino for the Mountain Research and Development journal. The article outlines the ways in which the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has played a leading role in sustainable mountain development within the United Nations system.
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ICENECDEV Update on Sustainable Food System MeetingeventThe International Centre for Environmental Education and Community Development (ICENECDEV) has called a meeting of relevant stakeholders to discuss updates on Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (10YFP). The meeting will include a presentation of the One Planet Sustainable Food Systems...
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Mountains feel the effects of virus pandemicnewsLast week, Nepal announced that it would close all of its Himalayan peaks, including Mount Everest, to tourists as a precautionary measure to combat COVID-19. Nepal is home to 8 of the 14 highest mountains in the world, and normally controls 400 peaks that are open to foreign climbers....
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