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Mountain agrobiodiversity in Peru: Seed fairs, seed banks, and mountain-to-mountain exchange

Conservation of agricultural biodiversity has become an important paradigm in efforts to promote sustainable development throughout the world. This is especially the case in Andean countries, where ex situ conservation of crops has been a focus of attention since the 1970s. In Peru in the early 1990s, researchers and development specialists also focused on in situ conservation and...

Culture and nature in the protection of Andean landscapes

Andean landscapes are rich with examples of traditional land uses that have proven sustainable over centuries, contribute to biodiversity and other natural values, and are living examples of cultural heritage. These landscapes and the diverse array of values they represent are, however, exceedingly vulnerable. As countries in the region strengthen existing national systems of...

Biodiversity conservation in Peru's eastern montane forests
Sometimes the most appropriate form of economic development consists of retaining native forests on steep slopes where other land uses are environmentally destructive and where economic or humanitarian considerations do not override these limitations. This is especially the case when native plant and animal species are diverse and special, as, for example, in many of the forested areas found on...
Erosion processes in high mountain agricultural terraces in Peru
Old developed systems of agricultural terraces are found in settled areas with high relief in different parts of the world. The present trend to abandon many of these terraced areas constitutes a process that increases erosion and sediment yield values following the collapse of supporting walls. This paper addresses the problem of changing human activities in the fragile environment of the...
Contemporary landscape change in the Huascarán National Park and Buffer Zone, Cordillera Blanca, Peru
As part of The Mountain Institute's monitoring and evaluation programme, historic landscape photographs from 10 photopoints of the 1936 and 1939 German/Austrian climbing and cartographic expeditions to the Cordillera Blanca (Huascarán National Park) were replicated in 1997 and 1998. Comparisons revealed contemporary changes in native forest cover, nonnative forest cover, glacial recession...
Institutional strengthening of the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve (Madre de Dios River, Peruvian Amazon Basin)
Since 2002, the Peruvian government has allowed the Harakmbut people to conserve and manage natural resources within their ancestral territory. In order to alleviate the difficulties the Harakmbut had in establishing the institutional and operational framework of this protected area, a Partnership Action for Mitigating Syndromes (PAMS) project aiming to strengthen indigenous institutions in...
Management of biodiversity and land use in southern Peru: Ecoan's activities to help conserve Polylepis woodlands
The Asociacion Ecosistemas Andinos (ECOAN) was founded in 2000 in Cusco, Peru, to support the sustainable use of Andean ecosystems in Peru.  The founders, local biologists from Cusco, had been working with the biodiversity associated with high-altitude woodlands since 1990. Recognising the need for effective conservation and sustainable use in the High Andes, they began a dialogue with...
Peru's approach to climate change in the Andean mountain region: Achieving multidisciplinary regional cooperation for integrated assessment of climate change
Climate change aggravates the challenges of sustainable development in mountain regions and calls for deeper insights into impacts on the vulnerability of mountain people and their options for adapting to changing conditions. Peru is considered highly vulnerable to climate change. Therefore, its government has initiated a programme to strengthen the capacity for transdisciplinary research in...
Land use change and mountain biodiversity
Human activities have significantly influenced high elevation landscapes and hence also biodiversity of high-elevation patures and rangelands all over the world.  During the last five decades, there have been dramatic changes in land use which has impacted biodiversity within high mountain ecosystems.
NGO service delivery and promotion of democracy: Two TMI initiatives in Nepal and Peru
The Mountain Institute (TMI) have been closely involved in two research initiatives related to NGO service delivery and the promotion of democracy in Nepal and in Peru.  This summarises the two projects that were undertaken in 2002-207 in Nepal and work in Peru.

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