The Mountain Forum in Latin America E-Letter. No 11, June 2011

News

• Andean agricultural systems: heritage of humanity
• Scientific network for adapting agriculture to climate change
• Research awards for young scholars in Latin America
• Law proposal opens the door to GM crops in Bolivia
• Climate change threatens a fragile ecosystem in the Andes

Resources

• Methodological handbook for the activation of localized food systems
• Manual for the development of mechanisms for payment / compensation for environmental services
• Guidelines for the formulation and management of sustainable rural development plans: A participatory territorial approach
• Methodology to generate and use meteorological information. At subnational and local level towards climate change
• High mountain glaciers and climate change. Challenges to human livelihoods and adaptation