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Innovation for mountains

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CALLS FOR ENGAGEMENT

Follow the Mountain PartnershipThe Mountain Partnership uses social media to promoteadvocate and raise awareness about mountain issues allaround the world As well as shed light on mountaincommunities that would not have had anRead More

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Apply for ECOSOC Consultative Status

The deadline for Non-Governmental Organizations(NGOs) to apply for consultative status with the UnitedNations (UN) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)is approaching Seventeen MountainRead more

Call for best organic farming practices in mountainareas

Submit your case studies for the publication ldquoAgro-ecological and organic farming practices in mountainareasrdquo In order to raise awareness about sustainableagricultural farming practices in mountainRead More

Call for Proposal for Regional and GlobalOrganizations

The Forest and Farm Facility is looking for apex regional(ie present in more than one country) and global forestand farm producersrsquo organizations or consortia of suchorganizations to collaborateRead more

BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS FOR MOUNTAINS

Canadian Mountain Network FundingAnnouncementOn 16 April 2019 the Networks of Centres of Excellenceprogram announced that the Canadian MountainNetwork (CMN) will receive $183 million in funding overfive years (2019ndash2024)With this newRead More

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Advocating for a mountain law in India

The Nilgiri Documentation Centre (NDC) DirectorDharmalingam Venugopal has advised the Governor ofTamil Nadu Banwarilal Purohit to endorse a law toconserve the mountains in the southernRead More

UPCOMING EVENTS

Conference Africa 2019 Kpalimeacute Togo

International MountainConference

Innsbruck Austria

CLimate-Smart Forestryin MOuntain Regions(CLIMO) workshop

Staraacute Lesnaacute Slovakia

Every day everywhere family farmers work hard to produce the

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food we eatUnited Nations Decade of Family Farming announced (2019-2028)

PUBLICATION Regional Environmental Change

This Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) led special issue of thejournal highlights contributions from the mountain research

community to the IPCCs Sixth Assessment cycle focusing on theimpacts of climate change on the high-mountain cryosphere and

downstream regions - as well as responses to theseimpacts Read more

MEMBERS Currently the Mountain Partnership has 368 members 60 governments 8 subnational authorities 16

intergovernmental organizations and 284 major group organizations (eg civil society NGOs and theprivate sector)

Please feel free to contact them for possible collaborative projects and ideas We wish to welcome thefollowing new members

IFOAM-Organics International Federation of Community Forestry Users

Ladakh Ecological Development Group Technologies for Economic Development (TED)

CALL FOR NEWS

Keep Mountain Partnership members informed of your activities Please emailSaraManuellifaoorg info about new projects and programmes initiatives events publicationsnewsletters 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 wwwfaoorgmountain-partnershipen

copy Mountain Partnership 2019 All rights reserved

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

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