The Mountain Partnership Global Meeting will be held at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters, from 11-13 December 2017. The event will convene in conjunction with International Mountain Day 2017, and will be followed by a two-day training course on the Mountain Green Cover Index, from 14-15 December 2017.
The meeting will consider the theme, 'Mountains under pressure: climate, hunger, migration,' and will focus on the challenges and the opportunities in sustainable mountain development. The event will launch a political process to support concrete actions and establish policies that strengthen the resilience of mountain peoples and environments.
dates: 11-13 December 2017
venue: FAO Headquarters
location: Rome, Lazio, Italy
www: http://www.fao.org/mountain-partnership/events/event-detail/en/c/1033865/