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Ongoing adaptation efforts insufficient to tackle climate change in mountain areas says new IPCC report [15 / 03 / 2022]

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently published the second part of the Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, which includes an entire Cross-Chapter Paper on Mountains. This new report […]

What European policy frameworks to support pastoralism? [11 / 03 / 2022]

Over the past decades, the abandonment of mountainous areas has largely been due to the reduction in the number of pastoral farms and shepherds. In the last months, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the […]

Soča Evergreen: a year-round tourism strategy in the Soča Valley [3 / 03 / 2022]

The Soča Valley in Slovenia is a popular destination for outdoor tourism. However, the high seasonality of activities can have negative effects on the concentration of tourist flows, on sensitive natural areas and on the […]

FIRE-RES goes live! [2 / 03 / 2022]

Today, the website of the FIRE-RES project went live. An opportunity to get better acquainted with this Green Deal project demonstrating the implementation of Integrated Fire Management concepts and supporting the transition towards more resilient […]

2022 calls for agri-products promotion campaigns: funding opportunities for mountain products [17 / 02 / 2022]

On 1st and 2nd February 2022, the European Research Executive Agency held the Info Day on the Call for Proposals for the 2022 EU Promotion Programme for Agricultural Products. The promotion policy calls are an […]

Balcões Móveis: bringing administrative services closer to mountain citizens [16 / 02 / 2022]

The closure of public administrations and the access to services of general interest are challenges that arises in more and more mountain territories, especially if they are isolated. To address this problem, the Intermunicipal Community […]

SILVER SMEs publishes its 12th newsletter [10 / 02 / 2022]

Partners of our Interreg Europe SILVER SMEs project are now implementing their regional Action Plans to support the development of the Silver Economy in rural and mountainous areas. These Action Plans aim at developing the […]

“Smart mountains”: call for successful initiatives for the XII European Mountain Convention [3 / 02 / 2022]

Euromontana is launching a call for initiatives in the framework of the XII European Mountain Convention, co-organised with Cia – Agricoltori Italiani on 25-26-27 October 2022 in the Italian Natural Park and Biosphere Reserve of […]

Euromontana welcomes the balanced definition of strictly protected areas [2 / 02 / 2022]

The new European Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, presented in May 2020, set new objectives for the protection of biodiversity in the European Union. Among these objectives, the strategy sets the target of achieving 30% of […]

Rhodoshop: a One-Stop-Shop on energy efficiency for the Rhodope’s municipalities [1 / 02 / 2022]

Energy efficiency is a key area for public action to reduce energy consumption and cut greenhouse gas emissions. However, this requires significant investments, including by local public authorities. These authorities sometimes have difficulties in identifying […]

The Mountain Partnership publishes guidelines for the post-COVID recovery of sustainable mountain tourism [27 / 01 / 2022]

The FAO’s Mountain Partnership Secretariat and the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) recently published the joint report Mountain tourism – Towards a more sustainable path. While tourism was the focus of the 2021 International […]

FIRE-RES project kicks-off: striving for a fire-resilient Europe [26 / 01 / 2022]

On the 18th – 19th and 20th January 2022, Euromontana participated to the kick-off meeting in Solsona (Spain) of the Horizon 2020 research project FIRE-RES. This project aims to boost the socio-ecological transition of the […]

Being young in a mountain area: Euromontana’s report is out! [24 / 01 / 2022]

Euromontana, the European Association of Mountain areas, releases a new European wide report on mountain youth, 10 years after its first survey. Carried out with the support of Euromontana members and in collaboration with Educ’Alpes […]

Find out how Cohesion Policy improved the daily life of mountain citizens since 2014 [13 / 01 / 2022]

Montana174 is a 12-month large communication campaign on the Cohesion Policy in mountain areas, funded by the European Commission – DG REGIO, and coordinated by Euromontana. Montana174 explains in simple and concise terms how the […]

Euromontana’s 2022 booklet of good practices out: 17 good practices to drive sustainable mountain development [11 / 01 / 2022]

As 2022 starts as the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development, Euromontana opens the year with the publication of its annual collection of good practices. This booklet showcases 17 inspiring initiatives from all over Europe […]

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This morning we were at the first 🇪🇺 EU CAP Network Thematic Group on Forest-Dominant Rural Areas and Municipalities!🌲A key issue in the mountains for:🪵 local wood chains🌱 unique biodiversity🔥 forest fires, which we are currently addressing with Fire-ResElena Feo (Euromontana) shared the outputs of her group: The need to take a multi-actor approach, which is under-represented compared to agriculture 👥Forestry should be integrated in the innovation system #AKIS 🤔Find out more: bit.ly/tg1forest ... See MoreSee Less
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🆕 FIRE-RES published its first deliverable!It goes through the lessons learned from Extreme Wildfires and creates a common basis for action to improve resilience to fire 🔥🌲 Check it out! ⤵fire-res.eu/fire-res-publishes-its-first-deliverable-on-lessons-learned-on-extreme-wildfire-events/Centre de Ciència i Tecnologia Forestal de Catalunya, CTFC Instituto Superior de Agronomia CEF - Centro de Estudos Florestais CEABN InBIO European Forest Institute (EFI) Tecnosylva Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου Ειδικός Κονδυλίων Έρευνας Πανεπιστημίου Αιγαίου CoLAB ForestWISE INRAE Cnrs.fr Tiems Escola Nacional de Bombeiros Euromontana Wageningen University & Research Agenzia Regionale Forestas VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research NIBIO Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa Institut i Geològic de Catalunya CONAF INESC TEC Spire Global TESAF Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali UNIPD Autoridade Nacional de Emergência e Proteção Civil Corma Chile ... See MoreSee Less
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Women matter for our mountains! 💪🌄 They are professors, project leaders, researchers, heads of policy units, directors or presidents of associations ➡️ Discover 13 testimonies from women who make a change in their territory in this booklet co-produced with Moving - Mountain Valorisation through Interconnectedness and Green Growth for the 11 December!📗 Read now: www.euromontana.org/en/women-move-europes-mountains-a-booklet-to-celebrate-mountains-women/ ... See MoreSee Less
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Today is #WorldWaterDay! Freshwater from mountains is fundamental for achieving global food security, as it is used by farmers to irrigate crops in many lowland agricultural regions. #MountainsMatter

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📢Attention everyone! 🎉Our first @YouTube video is now live!🎥 Check out highlights from RUSTIK's Pilot Region Kick-off event, where we had our first in-person knowledge exchange, training, and networking event with partners from the 14 Pilot Regions https://t.co/85Y89WO1PA

🌳 #Forests provide us with many ecosystem services & contribute to our well-being! But forest health and #resilience must be a priority in the face of climate change! ☀️🌡

Discover our actions for fire resilient forests ⬇
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Happy International Day of Forests! Protecting #mountain forests and making sure they are carefully managed is an important step towards sustainable mountain development. #MountainsMatter

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Our @MOVINGH2020 workshop on sustainable mountain tourism concluded with a lunch of delicious #localfood...but (much to our delight🙂) the discussions just kept going! Would the last person to leave please turn the lights off #horizon2020 #ecotourism #carpathians #mountainsmatter

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