Biodiversidad

Las montañas del mundo abarcan algunos de los paisajes más espectaculares y llenos de vida que se pueden encontrar solo a una determinada altitud y en una cordillera o montaña especifica.

Sin embargo el cambio climático, la pobreza, la minería comercial, la tala ilegal y el furtivismo son una pesada carga: los gorilas de montaña en centro de África del este, el oso de anteojos de los Andes y los resplandecientes quetzales de América Central están siendo recluidos en reservas de bosques nublados cada vez más pequeñas.

Como arcas de la vida preservando una gran parte de la biodiversidad del planeta, las montañas merecen la atención internacional.

Mountain Research and Development, Volume 30, Issue 4 (November 2010) available online and open access

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The current issue of MRD is available online and free of charge from BioOne. It contains work on various topics relevant to sustainable development in mountains, ranging from tourism and impacts of tourism to biodiversity in relation to human activities, poverty and food security, livestock production, and interaction between indigenous...

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Mountain Biodiversity and Global Change

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The present brochure, published by the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) of DIVERSITAS, Institute of Botany, University of Basel with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), has been prepared as a contribution to the International Year of Biodiversity 2010 and the Conference of Parties of...

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United Nations General Assembly Resolution: Sustainable Mountain Development (2010)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on Sustainable mountain development at the 64th Session. A/RES/64/205

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WFC: Mountain Partnership Event

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Mountain Partnership Event

The session "Mountain forest products and livelihoods'', co-organized by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, FAO, TMI and Condesan, will be held during the Thirteenth World Forestry Congress (XIII WFC) themed “Forests in Development: A Vital Balance,” co-organized by FAO and the Government of Argentina, on...

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Mountains: energy, water and food for life.

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The international conference “Mountains: energy, water and food for life. The SHARE project: understanding the impacts of climate change” has been organized in Milan on May 27-28, by the EvK2Cnr Committee, Milan Municipality-Commission for Mobility, Transportation and the Environment, Milan-Expo 2015 Committee, CNR-Italian National Research Council, in collaboration...