Andes
SNV Netherlands Development Organisation has over 15 years experience in providing technical assistance to partner organisations working to improve irrigation management in the northern and southern Peruvian Andes. Willem Kastelein co-ordinates these activities and, in this article, discusses some of the lessons and experiences gathered over the years.
Water as a result of snow and glacier melt is an important resource in the Central Andes of Chile and Argentina, which in terms of precipitation are close to climatic deserts, yet they support large populations and a rich agriculture. In spite of this, little is known of the processes at play and the variability over time. In particular, the specific mechanisms of energy balance and melt on...
The Full Value of Parks is the first comprehensive look at the values associated with parks and other kinds of protected areas. Much has been written about the importance of parks to the tourism industry, yet the reasons why people care deeply about them usually have little or nothing to do with money. Instead, people value parks as sacred sanctuaries and places of spiritual self-discovery, as...
<p>The Bulletin focuses on conflict in mountains:</p>
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<li>Proposed dam in Skardu by M Ismail Khan</li>
<li>Amenity migration by Amy Krause</li>
<li>Park for Peace in the Mandara Mountains by Prashant Sharma</li>
<li>Constructing a social vision...
<p>The focus of the Bulletin is on tourism and how it can help alleviate poverty in mountain areas:</p>
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<li>Making partnerships for sustainable gorilla tourism in Mgahinga, Uganda by Moses Musinguzi</li>
<li>Periyar eco-tourism project in Kerala, India by Santhosh P Thampi</li>...
<p>The Bulletin includes articles on desertification and deserts in high altitude area of central Asia, the Andes, Africa, the Andes and Swiss Alps.</p>
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<li>Impact of desertification on traditional societies in the Elba mountain region of Egypt by Usama Ghazaly</li>
<li>Central Asia: Farmhouse...
<p>Articles in the Bulletin focus on climate change:</p>
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<li>Agro-ecological evidence of climate change in the Lebialem Highlands of Cameroon by Alexander Fomin Legwengoh</li>
<li>Melting glaciers in the Himalayas by Samjwal Ratna Bajracharya and Pradeep Mool</...
The tropical portion of the Andean mountainous range plays a crucial role in the future quality of human life on Earth. This ecosystem is currently facing a social and environmental crisis and is in urgent need of pro-active intervention for the recuperation of its fundamental role in the hydrological cycle of the South-American sub-continent. In recent years the accelerated melting of...
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) and cañahua (Chenopodium pallidicaule) are two traditional grain crops from the high Andes region, grown at altitudes of 3000 - 4500 m. The grains are very nutritious and there is an increasing demand in the urban markets for products made from them. However, cultivation has decreased over the years and genetic diversity has now reached critical levels....
Indigenous farmers in the Andean region of Peru are the most extraordinary innovators and conservers of agricultural biodiversity. The potato originates in this area, and during centuries of experimentation and domestication farmers have bred and selected varieties that thrive in each of the many different ecological niches of the Andes. Conserving these varieties, and the historical,...
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