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Mountain Partnership’s UN Food Systems Pre-Summit event on food systems in mountains

The role of sustainable food systems in mountains and how they can contribute towards a more equitable and inclusive development were highlighted during the Mountain Partnership Secretariat’s parallel session to the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit on 28 July 2021. ... Read more

High-level Political Forum

Towards a road to sustainable and resilient recovery in mountains

This event addressed the global importance of policies supporting food security, poverty reduction, and sustainable food systems in mountains for biodiversity conservation. It also: launched the report, Mountain Farming Systems: Seeds for the Future, on agroecology in mountains for more resilient food systems, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). ... Read more

News

Updates from the Partnership

IPROMO 2021 addresses post-COVID-19 recovery in mountain areas

2020 MPS Annual Report now available online

Video

UN Food Systems Pre-Summit Parallel Session: "Food systems as a key pillar of sustainable development in mountains"

On The Shelf

Nature-based approach to mountain farming can improve livelihoods, says FAO report

Launched during a side event at the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2021 in New York, Mountain farming systems – Seeds for the future presents a collection of 28 case studies from around the world highlighting best practices for sustainable agriculture in mountain areas. ... Read more

Events

2021 GROW Summer School "Agrobiodiversity in a Changing Climate" 14-24 September

IUCN World Conservation Congress
3-11 September

Call for Action

MEMBERS

Currently, the Mountain Partnership has 428 members:

60 governments, 8 subnational authorities, 18 intergovernmental organizations and 342 major group organizations (e.g. civil society, NGOs and the private sector).

Please feel free to contact them for possible collaborative projects and ideas. We wish to welcome the following new members:

City Council of Guarda

Instituto de Montaña

CALL FOR NEWS

Keep Mountain Partnership members informed of your activities!

Please email Sara.Manuelli@fao.org info about new projects and programmes, initiatives, events, publications, newsletters, vacancies or calls for papers.

The Mountain Partnership is a United Nations voluntary alliance of partners dedicated to improving the lives of mountain peoples and protecting mountain environments around the world.

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Mountain Partnership Secretariat
FAO Viale delle Terme di Caracalla Rome, Lazio 00153 Italy

CONTACT
For more information visit: www.fao.org/mountain-partnership/en/
or contact us at: Mountains-Info-Eng@fao.org

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