Spanish mountain association plays Gaelic footballnewsThe Association for Mountain Studies (CRYOSANABRIA) has organized the first training of a newly established Gaelic football team in the mountainous Sanabria region of northern Spain. The workshop was led by two professional instructors from neighbouring Galicia’s Gaelic football league. More than 20 people showed up to participate...
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Members meet for Steering CommitteenewsThe Mountain Partnership Steering Committee met on 26-27 March 2019 at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in Rome, Italy. This was the third meeting of the Steering Committee since its election at the Fifth Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership in December 2017. The meeting...
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Promoting community based management in Costa RicanewsThe Chirripò National Park, established in 1975, is the first protected wildlife area in Costa Rica to implement a Non-Essential Services Concession (CSNE). Managed by the National System of Conservation Areas (Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación Costa Rica - SINAC), the park is located in central Costa Rica....
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Follow the Mountain Partnership!newsThe Mountain Partnership uses social media to promote, advocate and raise awareness about mountain issues all around the world. As well as shed light on mountain communities, that would not have had an opportunity to voice their opinions otherwise. With over 360 members around the world, the Mountain Partnership shares...
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Call for best sustainable farming practices in mountain areasnewsSubmit your case studies for the publication “Agro-ecological and organic farming practices in mountain areas” (exact title TBD). In order to raise awareness about sustainable agricultural farming practices in mountain areas, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) is preparing a publication that highlights the role of agro-ecological or organic farming practices...
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Advocating for a mountain law in IndianewsThe Nilgiri Documentation Centre (NDC) Director, Dharmalingam Venugopal has advised the Governor of Tamil Nadu, Banwarilal Purohit to endorse a law to protect the mountains in the southern Indian state Tamil Nadu. The Madras state is the forerunner in the country in enacting laws that conserve nature including forests and...
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