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Zhangjiajie es una gran zona montañosa de China, que figura en la lista de parques naturales Patrimonio de la Humanidad de la UNESCO. Con puestos de venta en cada esquina, la vegetación ha sido pisada y el suelo compactado, llevando a una aceleración de la degradación medioambiental. Usado además por muchos vendedores para lavar los platos, los riachuelos se han contaminado.
Las autoridades están llevando a cabo una gran obra de limpieza, con la retirada de infraestructuras inapropiadas, hoteles, cafés y tiendas de dentro del parque, por lo que las perspectivas de la flora y la fauna locales –incluida la gente local- son considerablemente más favorables que unos años atrás.
Se estima que las actividades de turismo de montaña generan un beneficio de 70 a 90 mil millones de dólares al año, y supone entre un 15 y un 20 por ciento de la industria turística.
El turismo responsable depende en gran medida de nuestro comportamiento.
Zero-draft for Rio+20 – paragraph n. 94 on mountainsnewsThe zero-draft of the outcome document for Rio+20 Conference is now online with a paragraph (n.94) dedicated to mountains. The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) Conference will take place on 20-22 June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1992...
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DGF meeting, 15 December 2011, New YorkmultimediaThe meeting was organized by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) in New York, in the framework of the Development Grant Facility (DGF) agreement.
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MFG and UN Workshop on Partnerships, New York, 14 December 2011multimediaFrom 14 to 16 December 2011, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat participated in meetings in New York looking to forge a common understanding on including mountain development in the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) preparatory process and the Conference itself. The first meeting was the Mountain Focus Group....
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Mountain Research and Development, Volume 31, Issue 4 available online and open accessnewsThe “energy crisis” has been defined as one of the key issues of a “green economy” and is therefore on the agenda of the Earth Summit Rio +20. This issue of MRD is the third in 10 years that is devoted to sustainable production and use of energy in mountain...
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Towards Rio+20 - contributions about mountain issues for the compilation document - Deadline Reminder!newsJoin the Mountain Partnership community in the campaign to ensure that mountain issues receive their strongly deserved attention in the Rio+20 agenda. An important World Mountain Conference recently concluded in Lucerne, Switzerland. Its Call for Action could provide important elements to ensure mountains be included in the Rio+20 Summit. The...
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Green Economy for Sustainable Mountain Development: A Concept Paper for Rio+20 and BeyondnewsThe International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has released a new publication titled ‘Green Economy for Sustainable Mountain Development: A Concept Paper for Rio+20 and Beyond’. The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or Rio+20), to be held in June 2012, will have green economy as one of...
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