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Mountain Partnership key speakers at
Italy’s Expo Dubai tourism forum

"For tourism in mountains to be sustainable, we need training and responsible investments and to strengthen public-private partnerships," said Rosalaura Romeo, Mountain Partnership Secretariat, at Expo 2020 Dubai. Hosted by the Italian Pavilion, the event “New frontiers of sustainable tourism” was dedicated to identifying a new, increasingly sustainable approach to tourism. ... Read more

News

Award-winning members

Illa Biodiversidad y Desarrollo SAC wins sustainable fashion award

Fundación CoMunidad awarded micro-grant for adaptation project

Mountain projects and activities

CIPRA International securing the future of the Via Alpina

Monitoring mountainous watersheds to mitigate pollution in the Black Sea

Video

How is farming done in Ladakh, a high altitude cold desert?

On The Shelf

Mountain Research and Development Vol 41, No 4: Pastoralism and Rangelands in Mountains

In this focus issue, studies from Argentina, Ecuador, India, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan and Portugal investigate factors affecting pastoral social-ecological systems in mountains, and how societies respond to environmental, socioeconomic and political changes. They present recommendations for action on behalf of sustainable development, especially toward enhancing resilience in mountain pastoral systems. ... Read More

Upcoming events

Southern African Mountain Conference 14-17 March

11th World Congress on Snow and Mountain Tourism 23-25 March

Call for Action

MEMBERS

Currently, the Mountain Partnership has 450 members:

60 governments, 10 subnational authorities, 18 intergovernmental organizations and 362 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:

Aga Khan Agency for Habitat

Appalachians for Appalachia

Astrostays

Best Himalaya

The Mountain Pact

University of the Free State – Afromontane Research Unit

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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