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Members’ Voices: Alberto Pascual, Fundación CoMunidad

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Fundación CoMunidad has been a Mountain Partnership (MP) member since 2012. Our organization has been working since 2007 to promote sustainable mountain development in North and Central America and the Caribbean, but particularly in our home: Panama.

Our organization was founded because managing mountain development in Panama – and the...

Guest Article - Mountain sustainability: Turning competing interests into a shared vision

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About one billion people live in mountainous areas around the world, but we all depend, in some way, on healthy mountains and their benefits, including water, food, energy, biodiversity and employment. Finding ways to protect and conserve mountain ecosystems while enabling people to improve their livelihoods is one of the...

Mountain Partnership Products: Labelling mountain products for an ethical, fair and organic future

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Mountain Partnership Products: Labelling mountain products for an ethical, fair and organic future

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Labelling mountain products for an ethical, fair and organic future

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Thirteen representatives of the Mountain Partnership Products (MPP) initiative from eight countries met in Ranikhet, India to discuss the future of promoting sustainable farming practices of smallholder farmers in mountain regions.

The workshop’s main outcome was the Ranikhet Declaration for a Global Mountain Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) Network, a commitment towards...

New Mountain Research and Development issue

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The newest issue of Mountain Research and Development, Vol 39, No 1 is now available online.

In this issue, two papers address food security in mountains: one presents a food systems mapping approach tested in Kenya and Bolivia, and the other assesses food consumption patterns among Mapuche communities in Chile....

Building climate actions in mountains

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Key messages: Mountain ecosystems are home to more than one billion people, nearly 15% of the world’s population, and provide essential services, notably water regulation, for downstream areas. People living in mountain regions are among the world’s poorest. Restoring mountain ecosystems, adopting climate sensitive agricultural practices, reducing mountain people’s exposure...