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🏔️ #MountainEcosystemsDay is happening today at #COP17Armenia
Julia Wolf, Coordinator of the Mountain Partnership, emphasizes the crucial role Indigenous people, local communities, pastoralists, youth and women play in mountain regions🌏️ #MountainsMatter
Read what she said⬇️
Mountain Partnership retweeted
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
📢Today, 26 October, is #MountainEcosystemsDay at #COP17Armenia
#MountainsMatter for biodiversity, culture, water, food security, climate resilience, livelihoods & more👩🌾💧
⛰️Follow the events online:
🔗cbd.int/conferences/2026/par…
🏔️As #MountainEcosystemsDay at CBD COP 17 approaches, remember that mountains are the world's water towers, supplying freshwater to roughly 1/2 of humanity💧
#MountainsMatter for water, biodiversity, food security and more.🌿🥣
Learn more:
📆 26 October🔗bit.ly/4hKovOA
⛰️Mountain species are highly vulnerable to climate change.
What percentage of endemic mountain species are at risk of extinction?
📌Test your knowledge below!
Learn about the solutions to the unique challenges mountains face on #MountainEcosystemsDay
🔗cbd.int/conferences/2026/par…
50%84%
0%90%
0%10%
50%52%
2 votes • Final results84% is the correct answer!🌄
Up to 84% of endemic mountain species are at risk of extinction, but there is still time to protect mountain ecosystems #MountainsMatter
Learn more & follow along during #MountainEcosystemsDay
🗓️26 October at #COP17Armenia
🔗cbd.int/conferences/2026/par…
Mountain Partnership retweeted
Join us for Mountain Ecosystems Day at #COP17 on 26 October in the GBF Pavilion!
⏲️09:30-18:00 GMT +4
📍GBF Pavilion
👉 Full programme: cbd.int/conferences/2026/par…
🔗Follow it online: us06web.zoom.us/j/8524069909…
#ClimateChange #GlobalBiodiversityFramework #MountainEcosystemsDay
🏔️Bringing mountains forward in global processes is key to protecting the communities and ecosystems that depend on them.
Hear from H.E. Dinara Kemelova, Special Representative of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic on the Mountain Agenda🎥⬇️
#MountainsMatter
@FAOKyrgyzstan
#DYK that resilient mountain ecosystems are key for adaptation?
⛰️Learn more about the climate solutions that healthy mountain ecosystems can offer at #MountainEcosystemsDay during CBD COP17.
🗓️26 October at #COP17Armenia
📍GBF Pavilion
🔗cbd.int/conferences/2026/par…
@UNEP
#MountainsMatter for genetic diversity.
How many domestic mammals do you think originated or diversified in mountains⛰️?
📌Test your knowledge below!
Learn more on #MountainEcosystemsDay 🌄
🗓️26 October at #COP17Armenia
🔗cbd.int/conferences/2026/par…
0%More than 🔟
0%4⃣
100%At least 5⃣
0%2⃣
1 votes • Final results🚨10 days until #MountainEcosystemsDay at #COP17Armenia!
🏔️ Protecting mountain biodiversity means safeguarding species, food systems and livelihoods for all.
📅 26 October | GBF Pavilion
🔗 bit.ly/4hKovOA
With @fao, @unep, @unbiodiversity, @icimod
#MountainsMatter
🏔️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
🏔️👩🌾 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🐎🌿
#MountainsMatter
🏔️ 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
⏰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🔗fao-grants.smapply.io/prog/b…
#MountainsMatter #BIA2026
Mountain Partnership retweeted
⏰ Applications close 15 October!
Less than one week remains to apply for the BIA for Mountains Programme in Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬
Selected applicants receive tailored business support and grants of USD 15 000–50 000.
Apply now: 🔗fao-grants.smapply.io/prog/b…
#MountainsMatter #BIA2026
🏔️Mountain biodiversity is key to life on Earth.
At #CBDCOP17 Mountain Ecosystems Day will put mountain biodiversity in focus.🌾🐐
📅26 October 2026 |📍GBF Pavilion
🔗cbd.int/conferences/2026/par…
#MountainEcosystemDay #MountainsMatter
💡#DYK that Applications are open for the Business Incubator and Accelerator (BIA) for Mountains Programme in Kyrgyzstan🏔️
If you missed the briefing webinar last week, join us today at 10:00 CEST / 14:00 KGT for the next Q&A session!
🔗 More info: fao.org/mountain-partnership…
🏔️Remember! Submit your application for the Business Incubator and Accelerator (BIA) for Mountains Programme in Kyrgyzstan🇰🇬.
Attend the next information session tomorrow:
7 October🕙10:00 CEST | Online
More information:fao.org/mountain-partnership…
🗓️Apply by 15 October 2026
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 ⬇️
Mountain Partnership retweeted
"Mountains may seem distant, but what happens in them affects us all. Now is the time to turn awareness into tangible investment and stronger national planning," @FAO's Maurizio Martina @maumartina tells #WorldForestWeek side event
#COFO28 #MountainsMatter @UNmountains
