Mountain Forum Bulletin: Mountain biodiversity: Lifleine for the future

<p>Articles in this edition of the Mountain Forum Bulletin include:</p>
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<li>Mountain Diversity - A Global Heritage - Eva M. Spehn and Christian K&ouml;rner</li>
<li>Are Ethiopian Highlands changing? Amphibians as Ecosystem Indicators - Simon Loader, Abebe Mengistu, Silvia Schwaller, David Gower, Peter Nagel, Abebe Getahun, Samy Saber and Roman Kassahun</li>
<li>PARADISE LOST? Conservation of Mount Marsabit Forest Ecosystem, Northern Kenya - Wario R. Adano</li>
<li>Responses to Threats and Impacts on the Outstanding Biodiversity Values of Low-Altitude Mountains in South Western Australia - Anne Cochrane, Sarah Barrett and John Watson</li>
<li>Impacts of Armed Conflict on Mountain Biodiversity: Experiences from Nepal - Bishnu Upreti</li>
<li>Conservation of Agrobiodiversity through Traditionally Cultivating &lsquo;Barahnaja&rsquo; in the Garhwal Himalaya, India - Vishwambhar Prasad Sati</li>
<li>Biodiversity Conservation and Crop Improvement in a Fragile Agro-Ecosystem: Insights from Guangxi, China - Song Yiching, Zhang Shihuang, with Ronnie Vernooy</li>
<li>Intensified Sheep Grazing Decreases the Biodiversity of Alpine Grasslands in the Carpathians, Romania - Bruno Baur</li>
<li>Main Threats to Mountain Biodiversity in Georgia - George Nakhutsrishvili, Maia Akhalkatsi and Otar Abdaladze</li>
<li>Recent Change of Alpine Vegetation and Plant Species Richness in the Swedish Scandes - Leif Kullman</li>
<li>Mountain Biodiversity, Genetic Resources and Cultures - Promila Kapoor-Vijay</li>
<li>Spread of Non-Native Plant Species into Mountains: Now is the Time to Act - Keith McDougall, Sylvia Haider, Tim Seipel, Christoph Kueffer and MIREN Consortium</li>
<li>Changes in Biodiversity Patterns in the High Andes - Understanding the Consequences and Seeking Adaptation to Global Change - Anton Seimon, Karina Yager , Tracie Seimon, Steve Schmidt, Alfredo Grau, Stephan Beck, Carolina Garc&iacute;a, Alfredo Tupayachi, Preston Sowell, Jerry Touval and Stephan Halloy</li>
<li>Protection of the Cloud Forests and Their Biodiversity in the Coastal Cordillera of Venezuela - Winfried Meier</li>
<li>Transboundary Landscape Conservation in the Eastern Himalaya &ndash; Interview with Dr. Nakul Chettri - Samuel Thomas and Ujol Sherchan</li>
<li>Global Mountain Biodiversity - Eva Spehn</li>
<li>Global Change in Mountain Regions: The Mountain Research Initiative - Claudia Drexler</li>
<li>ICIMOD&rsquo;s International Conference, Workshops on Mountain Biodiversity - ICIMOD</li>
<li>Photo Exhibition: Changing Landscapes - Nonna Lamponen</li>
<li>Biodiversity and Climate Change Research Programme of the Snow and Mountain Research Centre of Andorra (CENMA) - Marta Dom&eacute;nech</li>
<li>Climate Change and Biodiversity in the European Union Overseas Entities - Guilluame Prudent</li>
<li>Caribou of the Canadian Rockies: Understanding Environmental Change in the Context of Conservation and Evolution - Byron Weckworth</li>
<li>Thoughts on the Food Crisis in the Andes - Judith Kuan Cubillas, Consultora de CONDESAN</li>
<li>Invertebrate Monitoring at GLORIA Target Regions: The First Results From the Urals and Need for Global Networking - Yuri Mikhailov</li>
<li>Walking through My Land: A Little Sparrow - Walter Bishop V.</li>
<li>Metsovion Interdisciplinary Research Centre Database (MIRC)</li>
<li>Angeliki Geronteli, on behalf of the N.T .U.A., M.I.R.C</li>
<li>Technological Innovation Servicing Biodiversity - Lourdes Chuquipiondo (RAMP PERU)</li>
<li>Birds from the Albertine Rift - Michel Louette (RMCA)</li>
<li>Agrobiodiversity in the Alps: Establishment of a Long-Term Monitoring System - Elli Broxham</li>
<li>Project Snow Leopard: Participatory Conservation Model for the Indian Himalaya - Pranav Trivedi</li>
<li>The Importance of Mediterranean Alpine Biodiversity in Central Spain - Rosario Gavil&aacute;n and Alba Guti&eacute;rrez Gir&oacute;n</li>
<li>New Views of the Tibetan Plateau and Himalaya for Conserving Biodiversity - Daniel J. Miller</li>
<li>Vegetation Types of the Endangered Eastern Ghats Mountain Ecosystem in Southern Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, India - G Areendran, Prakash Rao and Krishna Raj</li>
<li>Useful Resources for Mountain Biodiversity</li>
<li>Mountain Calendar</li>
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