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Intergovernmental Organizations
  • African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN)
  • Carpathian Convention
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
  • International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
  • Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention
  • Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
  • Secretariat of the Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
  • Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE)
  • Union for the Mediterranean
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  • United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
  • United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
  • United Nations University (UNU)
  • World Bank (WB)
  • World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
  • World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

Global Major Groups Organizations
  • Association for Nature and Sustainable Development (ANDES)
  • EcorNaturaSì Spa
  • Global International Terraced Landscapes Alliance (ITLA)
  • Global Mountain Action
  • International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA)
  • International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC)
  • International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
  • International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
  • International Potato Center (CIP)
  • International Scientific Committee on Research in the Alps (ISCAR)
  • Latin American Communications Network on Climate Change (LatinClima)
  • Millennium Institute
  • Mountain Duck
  • Mountain Research Initiative (MRI)
  • Mountain Sentinels Collaborative Network
  • Sister Cities International
  • The International Institute for Sustainable Mountain Development
  • The Living Chapel
  • The Mountain Institute (TMI)
  • The Schneider Group
  • Training for Health Equity Network (THEnet)
  • Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and NRM (WOCAN)
  • World Economic Forum
  • World Wildlife Fund International (WWF-International)
  • Zoï Environment Network

Major Groups Organizations
Asia and the Pacific
AUSTRALIA
  • CarbonLab, University of Queensland
  • School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland

BANGLADESH
  • Bangladesh Mountaineering Federation (BMF)
  • Kothowain

CHINA
  • Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
  • Centre for Mountain Futures
  • Guizhou University of Finance and Economics (GUFE)
  • Journal of Mountain Science
  • Pendeba Society

INDIA
  • Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)
  • Balipara Foundation
  • Bethany Society
  • Council for Green Revolution (CGR)
  • Central Himalayan Environment Association (CHEA)
  • Central Himalayan Institute for Nature and Applied Research (CHINAR)
  • Clover Organic Pvt Ltd
  • Society for Conserving Planet and Life (COPAL)
  • Doers
  • Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE)
  • Global Foundation for Advancement of Environment and Human Wellness
  • Pan Himalayan Grassroots Development Foundation
  • Go Green & Go Organic
  • Centre for Environment Education (CEE Himalaya)
  • Integrated Mountain Initiative (former Indian Mountain Initiative)
  • Institute of Himalayan Environmental Research and Education (INHERE)
  • Institute for Sustainable Development and Research (ISDR)
  • Ladakh Ecological Development Group
  • Mountain Homestays
  • Nilgiri Documentation Centre
  • Prakriti
  • Society for Natural Resource Management and Community Development (SNRMCD)
  • Switch ON - ONergy

JAPAN
  • General Incorporated Association Hokkaido Intellect Tank (HIT)

NEPAL
  • Surya Social Service Society (4S)
  • Association of Family Forest Owners Nepal (AFFON)
  • Climate Alliance of Himalayan Communities (CAHC)
  • Dalit Welfare Association (DWA)
  • EcoHimal Nepal (EHN)
  • Federation of Community Forestry Users (FECOFUN)
  • ForestAction Nepal
  • Himalayan Circuit, Nepal
  • Resources Himalaya Foundation
  • Jeunes Volontaires pour l'Environment Nepal
  • Karnali Integrated Rural Development and Research Centre (KIRDARC)
  • Nature Conservation Initiative Nepal (NCI-Nepal)
  • Nature Media Network
  • Organic World and Fair Future Pvt Ltd. (OWF)
  • Pragya Seeds Nepal (PGSI)
  • 3 Sisters Adventure Trekking

NEW ZEALAND
  • New Zealand Alpine Club

PAKISTAN
  • Development Communications Network (DEVCOM-Pakistan)
  • Focus Humanitarian Assistance Pakistan
  • Hashoo Foundation
  • Mountains & People
  • Mountain Areas Conservation and Development Services
  • National Integrated Development Association (NIDA-Pakistan)
  • New World Hope Organization (NWHO)
  • Rural Infrastructure and Human Resource Development Organization (RIHRDO)
  • Swat Youth Front

PHILIPPINES
  • Baslay Farmers Association (BFA)
  • Broad Initiatives for Negros Development (BIND)
  • Center for Disaster Preparedness Foundation, Inc.
  • Foundation for Sustainable Coffee Excellence (FSCE)
  • Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education (TEBTEBBA)

RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  • Foundation for Sustainable Development of Altai (FSDA)
  • Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories "Mountains" (IISTC "Mountains")
  • Mountain Territories of Dagestan
  • Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RANS)
  • Russian Geographical Society (RGS)

THAILAND
  • Highland Research and Development Institute (HRDI)

Central Asia
KAZAKHSTAN
  • Avalon Historico-Geographical Society
  • Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC)

KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
  • Agency of Development Initiatives (ADI)
  • Kyrgyz Association of Forest and Land Users (KAFLU)
  • Alliance of Central Asian Mountain Communities (AGOCA)
  • AgroLead Public Association
  • Aigine Cultural Research Center
  • Cooperative “Ak-Suu bailygy"
  • Farmer Cooperative Alysh Dan
  • BIOM Ecological Movement
  • Federation of Organic Development Bio-KG
  • "Bio Service" Public Foundation
  • Central-Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences (CAIAG)
  • CAMP Alatoo
  • Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Development (CREEED)
  • EKOIS
  • ElEco Youth Environmental Movement
  • Public Foundation "Ergene"
  • Global and Local Information Partnership (GLIP)
  • Institute for Sustainable Development Strategy Public Fund (ISDS)
  • Kyrgyz Association of Fruit Growers
  • Mountain Societies Development Support Programme
  • Muras Bashaty
  • Plateau Perspectives
  • Rural Development Fund
  • “Topchu” Art Group
  • University of Central Asia (UCA)
  • UNISON
  • Yrystan Public Foundation for Sustainable Community Development

MONGOLIA
  • Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)
  • Snow Leopard Conservation Foundation

TAJIKISTAN
  • Centre for Climate Change and Disaster Reduction (CCDR)
  • CAMP Kuhiston
  • Little Earth
  • Public Organization “Kuhhoi Pomir”
  • Tajik Social and Ecological Union

UNITED STATES
  • Altai Assistance Project, Inc.
  • Snow Leopard Conservancy

Europe
ALBANIA
  • Albanian Alps Alliance
  • AlbaForest
  • National Agency of Protected Areas of Albania
  • National Federation of Communal Forests and Pastures of Albania

ARMENIA
  • Convivium Ararat
  • Center for Ecological-Noosphere Studies of the National Academy of Sciences

AUSTRIA
  • Federal Institute for Less-Favoured and Mountainous Areas (BABF)
  • Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research (IGF)

AZERBAIJAN
  • Environmental Research Center of the Khazar University (ERCKU)
  • Mountain Culture and Landscape Research Institute of Western Caspian University

BELGIUM
  • European Association of Elected Representatives from Mountain Areas (AEM)
  • Euromontana

BULGARIA
  • Association for Development of Mountain Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria (ADMMRB)
  • Bulgarian Association for Development of Mountain Regions (BulMontana)

FRANCE
  • Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)
  • European Mountain Forum (EMF)
  • Mountain Wilderness
  • Tignes Developpement

GEORGIA
  • Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus

GERMANY
  • Ecological Tourism in Europe (ETE)
  • IFOAM-Organics International

GREECE
  • Hellenic Engineers Cooperative
  • Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology (EMaTTech)
  • Metsovion Interdisciplinary Research Center (M.I.R.C.)
  • UNESCO Club of Serres
  • University of the Mountains (Greece)

ITALY
  • Association Ardito Desio
  • Association for International Solidarity in Asia
  • National Research Council – Research Institute for Hydrogeological Prevention and Protection
  • Fondazione Courmayeur Mont Blanc
  • Council for Agricultural Research and Agricultural Economics Analysis (CREA)
  • University of Turin - Department of Agricultural, Forest & Food Sciences (DISAFA)
  • Energy for Sustainable Development (E4SD)
  • Earth Day Italia Onlus
  • Eurac Research
  • Ev-K2-CNR Committee
  • University of Milan - GE.S.DI.MONT.
  • International Alliance for Mountain Film
  • Consorzio per la Tutela del Fagiolo di Lamon della Vallata Bellunese IGP
  • Macromicro
  • Museo Nazionale della Montagna "Duca degli Abruzzi"
  • Associazione Patriarchi della Natura in Italia
  • University of Rome Sapienza - Department of Environmental Biology
  • Slow Food
  • Società Meteorologica Italiana (Italian Meteorological Society)
  • Physiology Laboratory of Environmental Sport, University of Perugia
  • The Climate Route
  • Trento Film Festival
  • Terra del Terzo Mondo Onlus
  • National Organization of Mountain Municipalities, Communities and Bodies (UNCEM)
  • Wigwam Clubs Italia

LIECHTENSTEIN
  • International Commission for the Protection of the Alps (CIPRA)

LUXEMBOURG
  • Federation Europeenne du Cheval de Trait pour la promotion de son Utilisation (FECTU)

NORWAY
  • Norwegian Mountain Research Network

POLAND
  • Association of the Mountain Cheese Trail "Szlak Oscypkowy"
  • Tatra Agency for Development Promotion and Culture
  • Wojtowice - Back to the Future

PORTUGAL
  • Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO)
  • MiratecArts
  • MORE - Collaborative LAB Mountains of Research
  • Rede Ibérica de Investigação de Montanha (RIIM)
  • Rede Nacional de Investigação de Montanhas (RNIM)

ROMANIA
  • Asociația My Transylvania
  • Romanian Mountain Forum
  • ROMONTANA - National Association for Mountains Rural Development

RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  • MAB-6 Center
  • Foundation for Sustainable Development of Altai (FSDA)
  • Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories "Mountains" (IISTC "Mountains")
  • Mountain Territories of Dagestan
  • Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RANS)
  • Russian Geographical Society (RGS)

SPAIN
  • Association AlVelAl
  • Asociación para el estudio de la montaña CRYOSANABRIA
  • gvSIG Association

SWITZERLAND
  • Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
  • Foundation for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions (FDDM)
  • Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment
  • Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR)
  • Mountain Research and Development
  • ProMONT-BLANC

THE NETHERLANDS
  • True Nature Foundation

THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA
  • Balkan Foundation for Sustainable Development (BFSD)
  • Association for the Development of Mountain Regions in the Republic of Macedonia (MAKMONTANA)

TURKEY
  • Bingol University
  • Kastamonu University
  • Turkish Geographical Society
  • The Association for Sustainability and Governance of Mountainous Areas

UKRAINE
  • Our Home – Manyava

UNITED KINGDOM
  • African Conservation Foundation (ACF)
  • Active Remedy Ltd.
  • AleeVee8
  • Centre for Mountain Studies (CMS)
  • Practical Action
  • The Donkey Sanctuary

Middle East and North Africa
(10 members)
EGYPT
  • Deraya University

IRAN
  • Mount Damavand Conservation Society
  • Mountain Environment Protection Society (MEPS)
  • University of Tehran

IRAQ
  • Koya University

LEBANON
  • Lebanon Mountain Trail Association

MOROCCO
  • Coalition Civile pour la Montagne - Morocco
  • Migration and Development

OMAN
  • Sultan Qaboos University

SAUDI ARABIA
  • Saudi Geographical Society

North and Central America and the Caribbean
(32 members)
CANADA
  • Canadian Mountain Network
  • The Grassroots Institute
  • International Amenity Migration Centre (IAMC)
  • The Rockies Institute (TRI)

COSTA RICA
  • Coopedota
  • Fundación para el Desarrollo de la Cordillera Volcánica Central (FUNDECOR)
  • National Meteorological Institute of Costa Rica
  • Centro Científico Tropical (Tropical Science Center)

GUATEMALA
  • Federación Comercializadora de Café Especial de Guatemala (FECCEG)

MEXICO
  • Organización de Mujeres Milenarias

PANAMA
  • Fundación CoMunidad (Panama)

UNITED STATES
  • American Councils for International Education (ACTR/ACCELS)
  • Aspen International Mountain Foundation (AIMF)
  • Arctic and Mountain Regions Development Institute (AMRDI)
  • BioRegions International
  • Climate Advocates Voces Unidas
  • Colorado Mountain College (CMC)
  • Center for Mountain Transitions, Western Colorado University
  • Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Company
  • University of Denver - Western Colorado Master of Social Work Programme
  • Gruppman International Violin Institute
  • Mountain Studies Institute (MSI)
  • MountainWorld Productions
  • Sustainable Travel International
  • Tatra Mountains Cultural Foundation
  • Telluride Institute
  • TerraGraphics International Foundation (TIFO)
  • The Small World USA
  • Utah China Friendship Improvement Sharing Hands Development And Commerce
  • Utah Valley University (UVU) and Utah-Russia Institute
  • United World College
  • Vista 360°
  • Altai Assistance Project, Inc.
  • Snow Leopard Conservancy

South America
(33 members)
ARGENTINA
  • Association for Social Development (ADESO)
  • Argentinean Environmental Centre (CAMBIAR)
  • Fundación EcoAndina
  • Fundación Agreste
  • Fundación ProYungas
  • VICAM: Vicuñas, Camélidos y Ambiente

BOLIVIA
  • Bolivian Mountain Institute
  • Flor de Leche
  • Irupana Andean Organic Food S.A.
  • Fundación Participación y Sostenibilidad (PASOS)

BRAZIL
  • Confederação Brasileira de Montanhismo e Escalada (CBME)
  • Embrapa Agrobiology
  • Crescente Fértil

CHILE
  • Fundación Sendero de Chile

COLOMBIA
  • Centro de Estudios de Alta Montaña (CEAM), University of Quindío
  • Cafe Export Colombia
  • Foundation Ecohabitats
  • Fundación Estación Biológica Guayacanal
  • Fundación Patrimonio Andino
  • Fundación para el Desarrollo Sostenible de las Zonas de Páramo y sus Áreas de Influencia
  • Fundación Universitaria Juan de Castellanos
  • Fundación Pangea

ECUADOR
  • Fundación Cordillera Tropical
  • Universidad Católica de Cuenca

PERU
  • Centro de Investigación Producción y Extensión Agropecuaria (CIPEA)
  • Consortium for Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion (CONDESAN)
  • HimalAndes Initiative
  • Huayhuash Peru
  • Illa Biodiversidad y Desarrollo SAC (Illariy)
  • INKAFEST mountain film festival
  • Asociacion Oikos
  • Red de Agroindustria Rural del Perú (REDAR Perú)
  • Yachay Wasi

Sub-Saharan Africa
(31 members)
BENIN
  • Centre de Recherche pour la Gestion de la Biodiversité (CRGB)

BURUNDI
  • Association pour la Protection des Montagnes du Burundi (APMB)

CAMEROON
  • Cameroon National Network of Associations and NGOs of the Mountain Partnership (RENASONGCAM)
  • Foundation for Environment and Development (FEDEV)
  • International Centre for Environmental Education and Community Development (ICENECDEV)
  • Save Your Future Association (SYFA)

ETHIOPIA
  • Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society

GHANA
  • Ghana Wildlife Society (GWS)

KENYA
  • International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE)
  • Mara Expeditions Community Based Organization
  • Mount Kenya Trust
  • Volunteers for Africa / ECODECO Partnership

LESOTHO
  • Rural Self Help Development Association (RSDA)
  • Technologies for Economic Development (TED)

MALAWI
  • Africa Green Economy
  • Institute of Sustainable Development (ISD)
  • Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust
  • Mzuzu University
  • Total LandCare

NIGERIA
  • Environment and Tourism Support (EATS)

RWANDA
  • Kimonyi Women Development Group
  • Virunga Wildlife Clubs

SOUTH AFRICA
  • African Honey Bee
  • Sunrise On Africa's Peaks

TOGO
  • Les Compagnons Ruraux
  • Plateforme des Organisations de la Société Civile pour la Sauvegarde des Montagnes (PSM)

UGANDA
  • Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS)
  • Elgon Wildlife Conservation Organization (EWCO)
  • Makerere University
  • SORAINE Uganda

ZIMBABWE
  • School of Wildlife, Ecology & Conservation

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