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International Mountain Day 2021
photo contest opens

The theme of the International Mountain Day 2021 photo contest is “sustainable tourism in mountains”. To enter the contest, simply submit up to three pictures of a mountain tourism destination. It could be well-known or as yet undiscovered, a mountain, trail, village, landscape or cultural heritage site. The deadline for entries is 22 November 2021. ... Read more

News

Mountains centre stage at Expo

FAO Director-General calls for action for mountains at Expo 2020 Dubai

University of Milan launches mountain education manifesto at Expo

Climbing mountains for impact

COVID-19 expedition summits Mount Kilimanjaro

Romania celebrates National Mountain Day

Video

CNN interviews Mountain Partnership Goodwill Ambassador Jake Norton
at Expo 2020 Dubai

On The Shelf

Children’s call to action to protect mountain areas against the impacts of climate change

Promoted by the Zero Water Day Partnership with support from the Mountain Partnership, "Mountains: The water towers of our world – Children's call to action to protect mountain areas against the impacts of climate change" raises the voices of children - the future custodians on mountains - who call upon governments and the organizers of the UNFCCC COP 26 to urgently address education on mountains, awareness on mountains as water towers, and to tap into sustainable mountain tourism's potential. ... Read More

Events

Mountain events at UNFCCC COP 26 1-12 November

Transforming our world: Children's voices for 2050 4 November

2nd International Agrobiodiversity Congress 15-18 November

Mountain Partnership Steering Committee meeting 16 November

Call for Action

MEMBERS

Currently, the Mountain Partnership has 437 members:

60 governments, 9 subnational authorities, 18 intergovernmental organizations and 350 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 member:

Uno Di Un Milione

CALL FOR NEWS AND IMD EVENTS

Keep Mountain Partnership members informed of your activities and plans for
celebrating International Mountain Day!

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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