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The team at the Mountain Partnership Secretariat wishes to thank all of you for your commitment to raising the flag for mountains in
2018. We have welcomed over 30 members this year, including the Government of Papua New Guinea.
Congratulations to the winner of the #MountainsMatter photo competition, Salar Arkan from Iran! Over the year, Mountain Partnership members
have highlighted the progress on implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in mountains, in particular during
the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in New York.
The 11th IPROMO course, held in June in Ormea, Italy, focused on promoting bioeconomy in mountains areas as a way to implement
the SDGs. In collaboration with Slow Food, at
Terra Madre
in Turin,
Italy, MP members presented success stories from mountain producers who are increasing production and sales thanks to the Mountain Partnership Products label.
The summer course “Agrobiodiversity in a changing climate” organized
at FAO reinforced the idea that sustainable production practices and the protection of agrobiodiversity not only improves
nutrition, but also generates income
for mountain smallholders. Mountains were the theme of
several side events at the UNFCCC COP 24 in Katowice, Poland, where MP members promoted an active communication campaign to request urgent climate action. Recommendations on sustainable mountain agriculture were endorsed in
Bejing, China, to share with Governments and relevant bodies. In
November at FAO, 18 countries were trained to use the Mountain Green Cover Index in order to improve the
monitoring of SDG Target 15.4.2. International Mountain Day (IMD) was a great success with celebrations held all over the world. This year’s IMD theme #MountainsMatter was a call to action to raise attention to mountains and the
role they play for all of us worldwide. By using the hashtag #MountainsMatter and joining the movement on social media,
we invite you to
show your support for mountains and help urge our politicians to address the plight of mountains and mountain peoples. The International Mountain Day 2018 #MountainsMatter video was
produced in several languages: The #MountainsMatter competition received
over 130
photos from 45 countries and the winning photo was titled ‘Torches’, taken during the Spring Equinox celebrations.
Find the entries here Furthermore, an editorial signed by Hiroto Mitsugi, Assistant Director-General, FAO, Jean-Marc Chappuis, Assistant Director of the Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG), Switzerland and Grammenos
Mastrojeni, Coordinator for the Environment Italian Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy highlighted how climate change is affecting livelihoods in mountains.
The editorial was published in: And on the 11 December, a
FAO press release announced an exciting
new endeavor between
MPS, Slow Food and the Government of the Philippines.
#MountainsMatter but we cannot do it alone. Our united voice for mountains has achieved great impact this year. We count on all of you
for 2019! Sending you mountainous wishes for the holiday season,
Happy New Year, Bonne année, Feliz año nuevo, Felice
anno nuovo!
the Mountain Partnership
Secretariat
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