Mountains: Our Life, Our Future – Progress and perspectives on sustainable mountain development01.10.2013Based on ten regional reports prepared for the Rio+20 conference, this 89-page global report examines the environmental and social issues at stake in the world’s mountains over the last twenty years. It explains why mountains matter in the Andes, Meso-America, North America, Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, the Hindu Kush Himalayas, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, central, eastern and southeastern Europe and the Alps. The publication also includes a road map with policy principles and recommended actions to help secure the role of mountain environments and their people in preserving globally vital resources and address the challenge of global sustainable development.
Author Clara Ariza, Daniel Maselli and Thomas Kohler
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Themes: Cambio Climàtico
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