Universities
The principal aim of the Metsovion Interdisciplinary Research Center (M.I.R.C.) of the National Technical University of Athens (M.I.R.C.) is to contribute to the protection and development of mountainous environment and local European cultures and the provision of continuing education. Its mission includes the conduct of research, studies, seminars and conferences, relevant to the broader object...
La Universidad de los Andes es una fundación sin ánimo de lucro de carácter privado. Ofrece actualmente 28 programas de pregrado y 61 de posgrado, entre doctorados, maestrías y especializaciones. Su población estudiantil superó, en el segundo semestre de 2005, los 11.000 estudiantes y su planta de profesores, los 1.000 docentes. Además de las labores de docencia, muchos de ellos se dedican a la...
Foundation for Mountaun Culture works in the areas of Culture, Wildlife conservation, environment, mountain comunities and traditional wisdom by way of Photo & Video Documentations,Research & Policy Advocacy.
We are pleased to announce the 2006 International Seminar on Protected Area Management held August 2-19 at the University of Montana, USA. The program is initiated and organized by the USDA Forest Service Office of International Programs and the Universities of Montana, Idaho and Colorado State. Now in its seventh year, over 130 individuals representing 52 nations have participated in the...
eTourism research group works in the Department of Computer and Management Sciences at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Trento. Its research deals with the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to tourism in the Alps. The research group is interdisciplinary, with researchers from the fields of management, computer science, and statistics. The general...
IAMRA is a research institute of Chilecito National University. Main objective are mountain and arid environments; and investigation is focused on geomorphology, hydrology, geology, biology, agronomy, climatology and ecology of these areas. Hydrologic and geomorphologic survey, environmental assessment, climatic changes and bioclimatic studies and biologic plague control, are our most important...
La Universidad de Caldas tiene la misión de generar, apropiar, difundir y aplicar conocimientos, mediante procesos curriculares, investigativos y de proyección, para contribuir a formar integralmente ciudadanos útiles a la sociedad, aportar soluciones a los problemas regionales y nacionales y contribuir al desarrollo sustentable y a la integración del centro-occidente colombiano
IEMSD is a research and training Organisation which imparts training as well as documentation, conducts socio-economic surveys and works in the field of micro-enterprise development, supports conservation and documentation of indigenous culture and also works in the field of bio-diversity conservation. IEMSD also takes up developmental projects on a turnkey basis.
It is a non-profit-making NGO, specially working on research the fields of science, technology, biodiversity, and environment conservation.
El Centro perteneciente a la Universidad Nacional de San Juan vincula investigadores de distintas especialidades alrededor del problema del desarrollo sustentable. Trabaja mediante convenios con el Gobierno Provincial y Nacional añrededor de un programa de desarrollo sustentable para la povincia, La provincia de San Juan tiene mas del 70% de su terriorio ocupado por montañas corresponiente a los...
