Traditional mountain landscapes: crucial for meeting biodiversity and climate targetspublicationTraditional mountain landscapes governed by Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs) conserve unique wildlife and agrobiodiversity, and strongly support climate change adaptation and mitigation by protecting ecosystem services, including grasslands that store almost 50 percent more carbon than forests. But mountain biodiversity and the Indigenous and traditional peoples that sustain it... Download » |
Carpathian Ministerial ConferenceeventPoland, in its capacity of the Presidency of the Carpathian Convention, will host the Carpathian Ministerial Conference on 21–22 November 2022 in Rzeszów, Poland, which will allow for high-level discussion on pressing topics from the regional and international perspective. The programme of the Conference will focus on two main subjects: |
UNFCCC COP 27 side event - Bringing mountains to the forefront by leveraging the International Year of Mountains 2022eventThe International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development is a unique opportunity to catalyse global action and build resilience of mountain communities and ecosystems to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Taking into consideration the urgent need to coordinate dialogue and foster alliances in these areas, mountain countries will gather...
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First phase of the Mountain Facility: Five proposals selectednewsFive mountain producers' organizations and institutions have been selected to receive grants through the Mountain Facility, a financing mechanism operated by the Mountain Partnership (MP) to respond to members' requests and needs with specific grants. The call for grant applications was launched on 20 July 2022 and closed on 22...
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Members’ Voices: PiusMbogo Matunge, Tengeneza GenerationnewsThe Mountain Partnership - the United Nations alliance dedicated to mountains - is all about working together for sustainable mountain development around the world. Our vast and diverse membership counts over 470 members to date, across governments, intergovernmental organizations and civil society. In this latest Members' Voices feature, the Mountain Partnership...
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Working with mountain communities could help water systems adapt to climatenewsIn a new paper, Imperial College London researchers outline how integrated water strategies that include scientists working directly with mountain communities on the ground could help them drive their own climate adaptation and boost water security. Mountains are the water towers of the world, but this water source is under...
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