By Annie Webb On December 9th, the Canadian Mountain Network (CMN) and Mountain Sentinels Alliance hosted the dialogue, Women Move Mountains, on United Nations International Mountain Day (IMD) 2022. Around the world, women play a key role in the stewardship, conservation, economic development, and management of mountains, including the keeping and sharing of traditional knowledge. IMD 2022 [...]
By Rowena Davis| Mountain Sentinels Program Manager What better way to end 2022, and phase one of the UN Year of Sustainable Mountain Development, than by celebrating International Mountain Day? This year, Mountain Sentinels was honored to partner with Canadian Mountain Network to explore the 2022 theme of “Women Move Mountains” by hosting a dialogue [...]
“The Biking on Long Distance Trails (BOLT) Act not only highlights fantastic landscapes on our public lands through trails such as the Bonneville Shoreline Trail in Utah and the Maah Daah Hey Trail in North Dakota, but also continues to recognize the benefits of developing outdoor recreation opportunities,” - IMBA Director of Government Affairs Todd [...]
Mountain Sentinels' partner Mountain Partnership has been working on an amazing and innovative approach to securing environmentally and ethically viable value chains. Mountain Products Initiative is an award-winning voluntary labeling scheme for "high-value mountain products" that come out of developing countries such as Jumla Marshi Rice which is cultivated on the banks of the Tila River [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o18xcYT8Lo&ab_channel=SustainableSummitsNepal The Sustainable Summits Nepal team is pleased to let everyone know that the Nepali language version of our film Sustainable Summits, Climate Solutions from the Top of the World is now available on YouTube! This film was previously released in English, on YouTube, back in 2021. It is an exciting opportunity to use [...]
This is a translation of an article written about our Mountain Sentinels 2020-2021 fellow, Vidal Rondán. The original article can be found at the bottom of this blog post. Teacher promotes important communication and education project: "Mountain school with access to virtual education in the context of Covid-19" Local educator pushes important project for [...]