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Asia Pacific Mountain Network (APMN) Bulletin

ISSN No 1027-0035

Vol. 1, No. 2

September, 1996

 

From the Coordinator's Desk

A  reasonable amount of progress has been made by the APMN since the first APMN Bulletin last March. So far, we have concluded agreements with four focal points throughout Asia. Some of these focal points have already started providing inputs for the Bulletin. A meeting of the Focal Point Coordinators has been set for March 17-19, 1997. The second issue of the Bulletin is in front of you and a full-time assistant has been appointed by ICIMOD to manage the increasing volume of work.

All of these represent developments that have been initiated by the APMN Secretariat and are, in our opinion, important and essential. However, in order to be sustainable, we must be demand driven and not supply governed. The main challenge for APMN is to find a real niche among the mountain people and their organisations in Asia. All of you out there who are concerned about the future of your mountain people and their habitats, the message to you is GET INVOLVED!

There are several ways of getting involved. Firstly, make a firm commitment to bring about sustainable mountain development. Secondly, mobilise and generate information on critical mountain-related issues. Thirdly, evaluate actual successes and failures and, fourthly, provide inputs on how to pursue successful policies and programmes for the benefit of mountain people and their environments. UNCED Agenda 21 has provided a whole range of important subjects and issues for us to work on. Let us all get involved and see how best we can promote sustainable mountain development. Please write to us at ICIMOD or to any of the subregional focal points (page 4) if you wish to share some aspect of mountain development that you consider relevant for the future of mountain people and their environments.

Dr. Mahesh Banskota
APMN Coordinator, ICIMOD

Contents

FIRST APMN COORDINATORS' MEETING

MARCH 17 -19, 1997, KATHMANDU

With most of the subregional focal points of the APMN on board, it is now time to start planning for face to face interaction on how best to energise the APMN. The tentative dates for the first APMN Coordinators' Meeting is scheduled for the week of March 17, 1997 for approximately 2-3 days. The venue is Kathmandu.

The main objective of this meeting is to further define and refine the activities of the APMN - both collectively as well as individually by the different focal points. There is an urgent need for the focal points to become more active in their respective areas, especially in terms of collecting issues and identifying priorities. Each focal point must now develop a short-term as well as a long-term agenda for their specific subregions. Based on this, we may succeed in putting together a concrete programme for the future, including the mobilisation of requisite resources.

--The APMN Secretariat, ICIMOD

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