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Mountain Partnership

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Mission

The Mountain Partnership is an international, voluntary alliance of partners dedicated to improving the lives of mountain people and protecting their environment around the world. An official UN partnership, it was launched at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002.

Disaster Reduction Goal

Through its advocacy work the Mountain Partnership is heavily involved in raising awareness about the impact of climate change on mountain areas and the consequent increase of natural disasters.

DRR activities
Websites

http://www.mountainpartnership.org

The organization has no registered commitments.

allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

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Meetings and conferences
In person
23 May 2014 - 24 May 2014
Cusco
2nd world mountain forum
Mountains, covering approximately 25% of the Earth’s land surface, are home to about 850 million people and provide indispensable goods and services for all humankind.
Publication
Mountains and the Sustainable Development Goals
This brief presents a call to action - by mountain countries, organizations, communities – to help ensure that mountains are included in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will take effect in 2015 when the Millennium Development Goals
Publication
Central Asia mountains: sustainable mountain development from Rio 1992 to 2012 and beyond
This report is an illustrated overview of the trends and challenges in sustainable mountain development in Central Asia since 1992. It highlights selected achievements and lessons learned, and identifies opportunities for further progress.
Publication
Highlands and drylands: Mountains, a source of resilience in arid regions
This publication has three main objectives: (i) to provide an overall vision of the ecological, social and cultural features of dryland mountain socio-ecosystems, highlighting those processes and elements which have determined their resilience to
Meetings and conferences
In person
26 October 2011 - 28 October 2011
Santiago
Strategic initiative for climate change impacts, adaptation and development in mountain regions
There is still very limited awareness, let alone concern, at the global-level of the impacts caused by climate change in mountain ecosystems. The information available generally focuses on retreating glaciers.

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