The IGU Commission of Mountain Studies (CMS) held its Business Meeting on 19 August 2026 as part of the IGU Regional Conference Istanbul 2026, hosted at Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters. Chaired by Fausto O. Sarmiento, the meeting brought together CMS members to review the Commission’s recent…

Under the auspices of the United Nations University’s (UNU) Institute for Advanced Studies of Sustainability (IAS), CMS is co-organizing a public forum for the International Program of the Satoyama Initiave (IPSI), along with the Superior Polytechnic School of Chimborazo (ESPOCH)…

From the Perspective of the IGU Commission of Mountain Studies (CMS) & the Commission on Biogeography and Biodiversity (CBB)Held on 11 December 2025 The International Mountain Day 2025 online seminar, jointly organized by the IGU Commission of Mountain Studies (CMS)…

On Thursday, 11 December 2025, the IGU Commission of Mountain Studies and the Biogeography and Biodiversity Commission will jointly host an online seminar to mark International Mountain Day (IMD). Designated by the UN General Assembly in 2002, International Mountain Day…