Mountain ecosystems and watersheds are essential for long-term sustainable global development and poverty alleviation and can make an important contribution to climate change adaptation and mitigation. Freshwater, rich biodiversity, and...
United Nations General Assembly Resolution: Sustainable Mountain ... The Future We Want: Outcome document adopted at Rio+20 - Mountains (2012). Download here
Policy brief presented at Rio+20 Mountains of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are important for sustainable development in national, regional and global contexts. The goods and key ecosystem...
Policy brief presented at Rio+20 The Alps are a coherent mountain region covering 190,568 km2 across eight countries, with a population of 14 million. Their central location in western Europe gives...
Policy brief presented at Rio+20 The Central Asian mountains provide an astonishing array of essential ecosystem goods and services not only to mountain inhabitants but also to people in the lowlands...
Policy brief presented at Rio+20 The Andes, covering 33% of the area of the Andean countries, are vital for the livelihoods of the majority of the region’s population and the countries’...
Policy brief presented at Rio+20 North America’s mountains are a primary source of fresh water. Other natural resources, such as coal and natural gas, are pillars of North American energy economies....
Policy brief presented at Rio+20 Mountains provide vital goods and services for the benefit of all humankind, for supporting sustainable development at a global level, and for moving the world towards...
Policy brief presented at Rio+20 African mountains are highly vulnerable water towers and breadbaskets for the lowlands. Mountain ecosystem services (ES) ensure water-food-energy security and biodiversity conservation and enable sustainable development...
Policy brief presented at Rio+20 The mountains of Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe have played a key social, economic and environmental role in the development of the nations and peoples...
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) new publication, gives a brief overview of the regional consultation facilitated by ICIMOD and the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry, Myanmar,...
With Rio+20 negotiations approaching, the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) and the Centre for International Sustainable development Law (CISDL), release their Compendium of Legal Best Practices on Climate Change Policy....
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on Sustainable mountain development at the 66th Session. A/RES/66/205 Download here
Regional report on sustainable mountain development in the Hindu Kush Himalaya ahead of the Rio+20 summit. Download here
Regional report on sustainable mountain development in the Andes ahead of the Rio+20 summit. Download here
Regional report on sustainable mountain development in the Middle East and North Africa ahead of the Rio+20 summit. Download here
Regional report on sustainable mountain development in the Alps ahead of the Rio+20 summit. Download here
Regional report on sustainable mountain development in Africa ahead of the Rio+20 summit. Download
The integrity and resilience of mountain forests is under threat from increasing temperatures and wildfires, population growth and food and fuel insecurity, lead to “Mountain Forests in a Changing World”,...
Regional report on sustainable mountain development in Southeast Asia and Pacific ahead of the Rio+20 summit. Download here
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