Studies, High Altitudes Linked to Suicide

There was recently an article published, Studies, High Altitudes Linked to Suicide some of the unique challenges that mountain regions face. The Mountain Partnership has identified that mountain regions face distinct challenges from their lowland counterparts. By joining various organizations and regions the Mountain Partnership has sought to solve problems such as these through "...addressing the challenges of sustainable mountain development by linking and working together: tapping the wealth and diversity of expertise, information, knowledge and skills from and between one another, to stimulate concrete action that will bring meaningful change to the world's mountain people and environments." The Mountain Partnership was created for the specific purpose to create a dialogue between mountain regions to communicate in a rapidly globalizing world and help facilitate growth and progress.