Organizations
The Benoit Chamoux Foundation, created in March 1996 under the auspices of the Foundation of France, aims to develop social and cultural projects in Nepal and Tibet. These projects are inspired by Benoit Chamoux, who disappeared in the Himalaya in 1995 while climbing his 14th 26000 ft peak.
The aim of Yunnan Institute of Development (YID) is to train Chinese and foreign Development Instructors to work for development in China and abroad. The Institute also implements development projects in Yunnan, the so-called "Child Aid" project, which is a community development project. YID cooperates with 18 similar Institutes worldwide, as well as with the international organisation - HUMANA...
Water issues are at the core of the Columbia Basin Trust's existence. The Columbia Basin Trust was created in recognition of the impacts associated with the management of water in this region.
In the early 1990s, people of the Columbia Basin became aware that an opportunity for public involvement might present itself. The sale of the first 30 years of B.C.'s share of the downstream benefits,...
Established in 2000, Society for Education...
We are a self-help organisation for women in the area of Agroforestry. We raise seedlings of multi purpose trees for distribution to farmers for planting on their farms and homesteads.
Mountain Environment Protection Society (MEPS) is the leader and the sole organisation in Iran dealing with the mountain-related conservation activities. Established in 1993, MEPS has strived for enhancement of the importance of mountain landscape in the country by conducting seminars, education of classes, executing projects and publishing promotional materials. As the lead organisation for...
Prakriti is a group of environment and development professionals, working in Himalayan Mountains of Uttarakhand, India for more than a decade. Prakriti, as a mountain environment group was established in 1997 by a group of environmental professionals towards environmental concern in Himalayan Mountains. The group works upon environmental protection and conservation related issues.
Our main interest and work is based on evironmental conservation especially in Mount Kenya and Aberdares ecosystem. This is a community based project for people neighbouring mountains and its environs. We are located in the slopes of Mountain Kenya in a town called Naromoru.
Iran Mountain Zone is the first and the only bilingual web directory of Iran’s mountains and mountaineering. The web site has gone online since 2002 - International Year of Mountains - and became popular for the vast range of information provided.
The core group organises mountain tours throughout the country, which has made MountainZone one of the best specialised mountaineering outfitters in...