Convention on Biodiversity (COP14) and Global Islands Partnership side-eventseventThe United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP14) will be held from 13 - 29 November 2018 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. The United Nations will call on decision makers from more than 190 countries to step up efforts to halt the biodiversity loss and protect the ecosystems that support food and water security...
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Workshop on mountain transboundary cooperationnewsMountain transboundary cooperation was the topic of a one-day expert workshop organized by the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) of the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, on 9 November 2018. The seminar was attended by approximately 120 participants from EU Institutions, interregional programmes, international organizations and representatives of...
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Highlighting indigenous mountain food systemsnewsDiscussing what is needed to maintain indigenous food systems in mountain areas was the primary focus of a session held during the High-Level Expert Seminar on Indigenous Food Systems. The seminar was hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, Italy from 7-9 November 2018. The Mountain Partnership Secretariat Coordinator,...
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The International Consultative Workshop on Strengthening Regional Cooperation in the Hindu Kush HimalayaeventThe Hindu Kush Himalaya Science Policy Forum: Actions to Sustain a Global Asset from 13-14 November 2018, and International Consultative Workshop on Strengthening Regional Cooperation across Transboundary Landscapes and River Basins in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH Transboundary Cooperation – 2018), from 15-16 November, 2018 at International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), will be...
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Touring the Pamir mountainsnewsA group of Bartang women participated in a study tour in the Pamir mountains to learn about natural resource management, tourism and vocational training. The four-day study tour in Lower Bartang-Khorog-Ishkashim was organized from 24-27 September 2018 by Mountain Partnership member, 'The Little Earth' with support from the...
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Mountain agriculture, key to achieving zero hunger in AsianewsThe Regional Initiative on Zero Hunger in Asia and the Pacific has identified the “strengthening of mountain agriculture and food systems” as one of the key programmatic work areas. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) “International Workshop and Regional Expert Consultation on Mountain Agriculture Development and Food Security and Nutrition...
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