[cid:30103595-37b2-4526-95a6-bc5e08fac9fc] Dear Mountain Partnership members and friends, ProClima and South Pole are joining forces to provide tools for biodiversity management that will be applicable to the conservation of mountain ecosystems. They invite members and friends of the Mountain Partnership to participate in the public consultation of their Standard for the certification and registration of biodiversity conservation initiatives: Nature-based solutions for quantifying net gains<https://proclima.net.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Biodiversity-Standard-ProClima_en.pdf>. The biodiversity standard is designed to certify and register initiatives that contribute to preserving and restoring ecosystems, ensuring compliance with national and international policies related to biodiversity and sustainable use, without neglecting ecosystem services. The text of the standard is available in English<https://proclima.net.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Biodiversity-Standard-ProClima_en.pdf> and Spanish<https://proclima.net.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Estandar-Biodiversidad-ProClima_sp.pdf>. Comments from interested parties will be received through 23 June 2021. Please send your comments to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Learn more here<http://www.fao.org/mountain-partnership/news/news-detail/en/c/1403527/>, and for further information, please contact [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Best regards, The Mountain Partnership Secretariat The Mountain Partnership is a voluntary alliance of partners dedicated to improving the lives of mountain people and protecting mountain environments around the world. www.fao.org/mountain-partnership<http://www.fao.org/mountain-partnership> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the Friends-Mountains-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(Friends-Mountains-L,SIGNOFF);