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The '''Mountain Partnership''' is an official {{wipe|United Nations}} partnership and international voluntary alliance dedicated to improving the lives of mountain peoples and protecting mountain environments around the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbd.int/mountain/resources.shtml |title=Resources |publisher=Cbd.int |date= |accessdate=2013-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icimod.org/?q=130 |title=Mountain Partnership |publisher=Icimod.org |date= |accessdate=2013-07-15}}</ref>

== History ==

During the preparatory process of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesberg, South Africa, in 2002, the governments of Italy and {{wipe|Switzerland}}, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the [[Organization:United Nations Environment Programme|United Nations Environment Programme]] (UNEP) embarked on an effort to organize a new partnership to strengthen cooperation and more effectively address the needs of mountain peoples and environments around the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/forestry/internationalmountainday/78680/en/ |title=International Mountain Day |publisher=Fao.org |date= |accessdate=2013-07-15}}</ref> As a result, the International Partnership for Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions, known as the Mountain Partnership, was launched.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/contacts/v.php?id=9232 |title=Mountain Partnership - Organization Contacts - Professional Resources |publisher=PreventionWeb.net |date= |accessdate=2013-07-15}}</ref>

== Membership ==

The Mountain Partnership currently has 370 members, comprising governments, intergovernmental organizations and major groups from civil society, NGOs and the private sector.<ref name="mountainpartnership">{{cite web|url=http://www.mountainpartnership.org/members/en/ |title=Members |publisher=Mountain Partnership |date= |accessdate=2020-10-13}}</ref>

The following governments are currently members of the Mountain Partnership.<ref name="mountainpartnership" />
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* {{flagicon|Afghanistan}} Afghanistan
* {{flagicon|Algeria}} Algeria
* {{flagicon|Andorra}} [[Religion:Andorra|Andorra]]
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} {{wipe|Argentina}} 
* {{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Place:Armenia|Armenia]] 
* {{flagicon|Austria}} Austria 
* {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Place:Azerbaijan|Azerbaijan]]
* {{flagicon|Bangladesh}} Bangladesh
* {{flagicon|Bhutan}} Bhutan 
* {{flagicon|Bolivia}} Bolivia 
* {{flagicon|Burundi}} Burundi
* {{flagicon|Cameroon}} Cameroon 
* {{flagicon|Chile}} {{wipe|Chile}} 
* {{flagicon|Colombia}} Colombia
* {{flagicon|Costa Rica}} Costa Rica
* {{flagicon|Cuba}} Cuba 
* {{flagicon|Democratic Republic of Congo}} Democratic Republic of Congo 
* {{flagicon|Dominican Republic}} Dominican Republic
* {{flagicon|Ecuador}} Ecuador 
* {{flagicon|Ethiopia}} Ethiopia
* {{flagicon|France}} {{wipe|France}} 
* {{flagicon|Georgia}} [[Place:Georgia (country)|Georgia]] 
* {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana
* {{flagicon|Guatemala}} Guatemala
* {{flagicon|Guinea}} Guinea
* {{flagicon|India}} {{wipe|India}}
* {{flagicon|Indonesia}} Indonesia
* {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Religion:Iran|Iran]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} Italy
* {{flagicon|Jamaica}} Jamaica
* {{flagicon|Jordan}} Jordan
* {{flagicon|Kenya}} Kenya
* {{flagicon|Kyrgyzstan}} Kyrgyzstan
* {{flagicon|Lesotho}} Lesotho
* {{flagicon|Liechtenstein}} [[Finance:Liechtenstein|Liechtenstein]]
* {{flagicon|Madagascar}} {{wipe|Madagascar}}
* {{flagicon|Malawi}} Malawi
* {{flagicon|Mexico}} Mexico
* {{flagicon|Monaco}} [[Place:Monaco|Monaco]]
* {{flagicon|Morocco}} Morocco
* {{flagicon|Nepal}} Nepal
* {{flagicon|North Macedonia}} North Macedonia
* {{flagicon|Pakistan}} {{wipe|Pakistan}}
* {{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}} Papua New Guinea
* {{flagicon|Peru}} Peru
* {{flagicon|Philippines}} {{wipe|Philippines}}
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Romania
* {{flagicon|Serbia}} Serbia
* {{flagicon|Slovakia}} Slovakia
* {{flagicon|Slovenia}} Slovenia
* {{flagicon|Spain}} {{wipe|Spain}}
* {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} Sri Lanka
* {{flagicon|Swaziland}} Swaziland
* {{flagicon|Switzerland}} {{wipe|Switzerland}}
* {{flagicon|Tunisia}} Togo
* {{flagicon|Tunisia}} Tunisia
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Place:Turkey|Turkey]]
* {{flagicon|Uganda}} Uganda
* {{flagicon|Ukraine}} {{wipe|Ukraine}}
* {{flagicon|Venezuela}} Venezuela
* {{flagicon|Yemen}} Yemen
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== Organization ==

The Mountain Partnership is supported by a secretariat based at the FAO in Rome, Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mountainpartnership.org/about/secretariat/en/ |title=Secretariat |publisher=Mountain Partnership |date= |accessdate=2013-07-15}}</ref> The secretariat plays a facilitating role, connecting institutions and helping members develop joint activities to protect mountain regions.

== Work ==

The work of the Mountain Partnership is spread out among four pillars, namely: advocacy, communications, brokering initiatives and capacity development.<ref name="Global partnerships">{{cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/forestry/internationalmountainday/78680/en/ |title=Global partnerships |publisher=International Mountain Day |date=|accessdate=2014-09-19}}</ref> The Mountain Partnership works to bring global attention to achieving [[Sustainable development|sustainable development]] in mountain regions and to promote the inclusion of mountain issues in United Nations declarations and other international documents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mountainpartnership.org/our-work/advocacy/en/ |title=Advocacy |publisher=Mountain Partnership |date= |accessdate=2013-07-15}}</ref> Members also engage in disseminating awareness with regards to challenges faced by mountain peoples and environments. Furthermore, the Mountain Partnership’s role is to "facilitate contacts between countries and institutions and creating conditions for partnerships, technical cooperation and resource mobilization at all levels". The scope of the Mountain Partnership is for members to cooperate in order to facilitate, promote and implement initiatives at all levels.<ref name="Global partnerships"/>

The Mountain Partnership’s main principles are "participation of all members, accountability, responsiveness, consensus, transparency and flexibility". Its Secretariat is crucial for the creation of an enabling environment for main actors to cooperate towards the obtainment of common aims.<ref name="Global partnerships"/>

In 2012, its members lobbied for sustainable mountain development to be included in The Future We Want, the final outcome document of the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, resulting in the inclusion of three paragraphs relating to mountains.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/science-at-rio-20/opinions/mountain-ecosystems-get-boost-from-rio-20.html |title=Mountain ecosystems get boost from Rio+20 |publisher=Scidev.net |date=2012-06-22 |accessdate=2013-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/futurewewant.html |title=Future We Want - Outcome document .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform |publisher=Sustainabledevelopment.un.org |date= |accessdate=2013-07-15}}</ref>
The partnership also encourages the development of policies and laws that give local mountain communities a voice in decision-making and organizes conferences, training sessions, workshops and communications materials on sustainable development in mountain areas worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mountainpartnership.org/our-work/communications/en/ |title=Communications |publisher=Mountain Partnership |date= |accessdate=2013-07-15}}</ref>

On 11–13 December 2017, the Food and Agriculture Organization hosted the Fifth Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership during which more than two hundred members participated. For this meeting, members renewed their commitments to protect mountains and their environments, to better the life of mountain peoples and to empower them. In addition, a four-year Governance and Strategy and two-year work plan were endorsed.<ref name="Global partnerships"/>

Thanks to advocacy efforts of the Mountain Partnership members, mountains are mentioned in three targets under two of the 17 goals issued by the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals in its outcome document.

* By 2020 protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes
* By 2020 ensure conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements
* By 2030 ensure the conservation of mountain ecosystems, including their biodiversity, to enhance their capacity to provide benefits which are essential for sustainable development.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/focussdgs.html |title=Outcome Document |publisher=Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform |date=|accessdate=2014-09-19}}</ref>

==Selected publications==

* ''[http://www.mountainpartnership.org/fileadmin/templates/mountain_partnership/doc/MP_brochure/EN-complete.pdf Working together for mountain peoples and environments]''
* ''[http://www.fao.org/3/i8385en/I8385EN.pdf 15 years of Mountain Partnership]''
* ''[http://www.mountainpartnership.org/fileadmin/user_upload/mountain_partnership/docs/Tourism_in_Mountain_Regions_EN.pdf Tourism in Mountain Regions - Hopes, Fears and Realities]''
* ''[http://www.mountainpartnership.org/fileadmin/user_upload/mountain_partnership/docs/Mountain%20Farming%20is%20Family%20Farming.pdf Mountain Farming is Family Farming]''
* ''[http://www.mountainpartnership.org/fileadmin/user_upload/mountain_partnership/docs/1_very_LOW_Fullversion_Mountain_Synthesis_Report.pdf Mountains: Our Life, Our Future – Progress and perspectives on sustainable mountain development]''
* ''[http://www.mountainpartnership.org/fileadmin/user_upload/mountain_partnership/docs/FAO_Mountain-Forests-in-a-Changing-World.pdf Mountain Forests in a Changing World]''
* ''[http://www.mountainpartnership.org/fileadmin/user_upload/mountain_partnership/docs/Highlands.pdf Highlands and Drylands: Mountains, a Source of Resilience in Arid Regions]''
* ''[http://www.mountainpartnership.org/fileadmin/user_upload/mountain_partnership/docs/Mountain_Biodiversity_Brochure2010.pdf Mountain Biodiversity and Global Change]''
* ''[http://www.mountainpartnership.org/fileadmin/user_upload/mountain_partnership/docs/Mountains_and%20_Climate_Change.pdf Mountains and Climate Change, from Understanding to Action]''

== See also ==

* [[Organization:International Mountain Society|International Mountain Society]]

== References ==

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== External links ==
*[https://www.fao.org/mountain-partnership/en/ Mountain Partnership website]


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