Invitation to contributions for the compilation document towards Rio+20
In the framework of the Mountain Partership Consortium their members, thanks to an invitation of the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, want to share this message and invite you to participate. The objective of this process is to provide guidance to Member States and other stakeholders in responding to the invitation from Second Preparatory Committee “to provide their inputs and contributions in writing by 1 November 2011 for inclusion in a compilation document to serve as basis for the preparation of zero draft of the outcome document”.
On the Road to Rio+20, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat urges you to include, in your submission to the UNCSD Rio+20 Summit, a message emphasizing the importance of mountain regions and highlighting how your efforts relate to the Green Economy, public-private partnerships and/or food security. The aim of this campaign is to give voice to each mountain region and to assure that sustainable mountain development is endorsed within international negotiations.
Please find herewith a sample draft message.
Since 1992, when chapter 13 on mountains as fragile ecosystems was introduced in Agenda 21, the demand for goods and services from mountains has grown considerably. Moreover, the ability of mountain systems to provide essential goods and services for all of humanity is increasingly under threat from climate change, globalization, a chronic lack of investment and ongoing land degradation.
Mountain Partnership members recognize that despite the progress that has been made in promoting sustainable development of mountain regions, national and international development agendas still treat mountains, if at all, as marginal environments. As a result, poverty rates are higher than in non-mountain areas.
In the context of a Green Economy, new opportunities for investments by the private sector are emerging in mountain regions, especially in renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, and ecosystem goods and services. However, innovative institutional arrangements are urgently required to trigger governance models and decision support systems aiming at both the integration of the social, ecological and economic capital at all scales in mountain regions, as well as the actual mainstreaming of mountains into overall national development and conservation processes.
Enhancing the global political commitment that translates into increased investments tailored to mountain regions will directly benefit poor mountain communities and indirectly humanity as a whole. Hence, sustainable mountain development, notably through integrated and socially inclusive policies, as well as low carbon technologies, should have a prominent place in the Rio 2012 agenda and in particular in its final declaration. To achieve these ends strong and united advocacy for mountain issues with tangible results in future UNCSD negotiations is essential.
Written submissions will be accepted by the Rio+20 UNCSD Secretariat until the deadline of 1 November 2011. Learn more about How and where to submit inputs for the Compilation Document at http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.php?page=view&type=12&nr=238&menu=32 or download the Guidance Note. For further information regarding submissions, please contact uncsd2012@un.org.
The Mountain Partnership Secretariat encourages you to submit the above message or a similar text to the Rio+20 UNCSD Secretariat. Kindly share this call within your networks to help us ensure widespread diffusion and support. For queries, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@mountainpartnership.org.
We hope you will embrace this opportunity, which will foster more effective protection and sustainable development of mountain areas and, in turn, global well-being.
Sincerely,
Olman Serrano
Coordinator, Mountain Partnership Secretariat
FAO Forestry Department
Rome, Italy
http://www.mountainpartnership.org/
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