#MountainsMatter
Mountains host most of the world's species of amphibians, birds & mammals.

Plants, animals, insects, microbes & their environment...

Biodiversity is vital to global food production & essential for human well-being.

#MountainsMatter #COP17Armenia
October 26, 2026 at 12:47 AM
🏔️Strengthening the integration of mountain biodiversity into CBD processes and addressing financing gaps is key for sustainable mountain development.

During a side event at #COP17Armenia, read what the Mountain Partnership Coordinator, Julia Wolf said⬇️

#MountainsMatter
October 28, 2026 at 2:01 PM
📢Starting in 1️⃣ hour!

🏔️ Learn how protecting mountain biodiversity is an investment in resilience, livelihoods, and sustainable development at #CBDCOP17, during the Mountain Parternship and UNDP's side event at the UN Pavilion.

#MountainsMatter #ForPeopleForPlanet
October 28, 2026 at 8:00 AM
🏔️#MountainEcosystemsDay is happening today at #COP17Armenia!

Julia Wolf, Coordinator of the Mountain Partnership of the United Nations emphasizes the crucial role Indigenous people, local communities, pastoralists, youth and women play in mountain regions.

#MountainsMatter

Read what she said⬇️
October 26, 2026 at 12:18 PM
The book underscores the role emotions can play in shaping how people perceive and respond to #glacierretreat including in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela; the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda; & Indonesia
@mrdjournal.bsky.social
#MountainsMatter
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October 24, 2026 at 11:46 AM
🏔️ As #MountainEcosystemsDay at CBD COP 17 in Yerevan, Armenia approaches, remember that mountains are the world's water towers, supplying freshwater to roughly half of humanity.💧

#MountainsMatter for water, biodiversity, food security and more.🌿🥣

Learn more:
📆 26 October🔗https://bit.ly/4hKovOA
October 22, 2026 at 12:20 PM
🏔️Highlighting mountains in global processes is key to contributing to the sustainable development of mountain regions.

Hear more from H.E. Dinara Kemelova, Special Representative of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic on the Mountain Agenda⬇️

#MountainsMatter
October 20, 2026 at 7:03 PM
🚨10 days until #MountainEcosystemDay at #COP17Armenia

🌄 Protecting mountain biodiversity is protecting the species, genetic resources, food systems and livelihoods that depend on healthy mountain ecosystems.

📅26 October 2026, 🔗https://bit.ly/4hKovOA

#MountainsMatter

@mtnresearchmri.bsky.social
October 16, 2026 at 2:31 PM
🏔️This #WorldFoodDay, let's remember the importance of mountains for crop diversity and food security.

#DYK that 20 plant species supply 80% of food, and 6 of them originated in mountain regions:
🌽maize,
🥔potatoes,
🍎apples,
🥣barley,
🍅tomatoes,
🍽️& sorghum.

#MountainsMatter
October 16, 2026 at 8:15 AM
🏔️👩‍🌾 In mountain regions, more than 50% of women carry out agricultural activities

This International Day of #RuralWomen, we celebrate mountain pastoralist women, whose knowledge, skills & stewardship help sustain some of the world's most vital rangelands🐎🌿

More: bit.ly/4s19fl2

#MountainsMatter
October 15, 2026 at 8:00 AM
“Participatory visioning can act as a replicable inclusive tool to move communities from being merely heard to cocreating situated, governable futures,” say Theo Lynn and colleagues. In their new article, they present a structured facilitation tool: doi.org/10.1659/mrd....
#MountainsMatter
October 14, 2026 at 2:37 PM
🏔️ Save the date! #CBDCOP17

Join us for “Elevating mountains in CBD processes: programme of work on mountain biodiversity, policy implementation and finance”.

🗓 28 October 2026, 15.00–16.30
📍 UN Pavilion, #COP17Armenia

@UNDPPlanet @UNDP_Eurasia #MountainsMatter #ForNature
October 13, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Creative tourism offers a regenerative pathway for marginalized mountainous areas, provided it is locally driven and supported by place-based policies and context-sensitive strategies. Read how in the new article by Fiona Eva Bakas and coauthors: doi.org/10.1659/mrd....
#MountainsMatter
October 13, 2026 at 10:01 AM
⏰Reminder: applications close 15 October!

There's less than one week left to apply for the Business Incubator and Accelerator for Mountains Programme in Kyrgyzstan

Apply and learn more🔗https://fao-grants.smapply.io/prog/business_incubator_and_accelerator_bia_2026_-_kyrgyzstan/

#MountainsMatter
October 9, 2026 at 8:30 AM
🏔️Mountain biodiversity is key to life on Earth.

At #CBDCOP17 Mountain Ecosystems Day will put mountain biodiversity in focus.🌾🐐

📅26 October 2026
📍GBF Pavilion
🔗https://www.cbd.int/conferences/2026/parallel-meetings/gbf-pavilion-mountain-ecosystems

#MountainEcosystemDay #MountainsMatter
October 7, 2026 at 10:30 AM
At #WorldForestWeek during #COFO28, Julia Wolf, Coordinator of the Mountain Partnership Secretariat spoke about the role Mountain Partnership members have in furthering mountain momentum - because changes happening in the mountains have consequences beyond.🏔️ 🌿

#MountainsMatter

💬 ⬇️
October 1, 2026 at 12:45 PM
📢Starting soon!🕐️12:15-13:45

Follow The Mountain Partnership's side event at #COFO28 and #WFW10 to learn more about successful approaches to sustainable mountain forest management, climate and development finance & inclusive agrifood systems🏔️

🔗💻️https://bit.ly/3Tu8wfq

#MountainsMatter
October 1, 2026 at 10:01 AM
🏔️26 September is #CarpathianDay

In many Carpathian communities, pastoralists raise livestock and produce food & fibres🐮

As a member of the Mountain Partnership, the Carpathian Convention highlights that regional cooperation to protect and support mountain communities is crucial🌿

#MountainsMatter
September 26, 2026 at 3:02 PM
🏔️ Applications are open for the Business Incubator and Accelerator (BIA) for Mountains Programme in Kyrgyzstan!

Selected applicants could receive:
🐝tailored business support
🌿grants of up to USD 50 000

Apply by 15 October 2026👉https://bit.ly/46WnxtP

#MountainsMatter #BIA2026
September 22, 2026 at 11:43 AM
📢 #OutNow 🏔️

The Report of the 7th Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership in Andorra has just been released.

Learn about what was discussed, from climate action to sustainable tourism & more.🌡️🧺

📰Read the story: bit.ly/46AxgFY

📘🔗 bit.ly/4cQzWTq

#MountainsMatter
September 21, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Join the Committee on Forestry and 10th World Forest Week side event to discuss successful approaches to sustainable mountain forest management, climate, development finance & more⛰️

📅1 October 2026, 12:15-13:35 CEST
🔗https://t.co/Xny5ZEiv3B

#MountainsMatter #COFO28 #WFW10
September 16, 2026 at 3:15 PM
What starts in the mountains cascades downstream - disrupting water, food security and livelihoods.

The Mountain Partnership stands with #Nepal & all mountain communities facing growing climate risks⛰️

Learn more about the solutions to protect them⬇️
🔗https://bit.ly/4d6UBT9

#MountainsMatter
September 11, 2026 at 11:15 AM
August 21, 2026 at 2:16 PM
📸 Enter the International Mountain Day 2026 photo contest!

Capture life on mountain rangelands and share your shot.

The winner will receive an action camera.

👉 https://bit.ly/4xZsZIq
📅 Deadline: 24 Aug 2026

#MountainsMatter #IMD2026 #IYRP2026
August 20, 2026 at 9:11 PM
📸 Participez au concours photo de la Journée internationale de la montagne 2026 !

Capturez la vie sur les parcours montagnards et partagez votre cliché.
Le gagnant recevra une caméra d'action.

👉 https://bit.ly/4xZsZIq
📅 Date limite : 24 août 2026

#MountainsMatter #IMD2026
August 19, 2026 at 6:12 AM