Publications
Feature Articles:
* FAO Announces International Year of Mountains in 2002
* Melting of Earth’s Ice Cover Reaches New High
* Special Letter from the Chairman of the Board: Mountain Forum
* Mountains and Forests at the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development
* Mountain Geomorphology and Environments Courses in Higher Education
Regional Updates:
* Africa
* Asia Pacific
* Europe
* Latin...
Feature Articles:
* Mountain People, Forests, and Trees E-Conference
* Mountain Laws and Peoples E-Conference
* Special Letter from the Chairman of the Board: Mountain Forum
Regional Updates:
* Africa
* Asia Pacific
* Europe
* Latin America
* North America
Global:
* FAO Mountain Programme Update
* Mountain Research and Development
* Promoting Mountain Products
What’s New
* New Organizational...
Feature Articles:
* FAO Mountain Program
* International Day of Mountains: Discussion Highlights
* Mountains and Global Climate Change
* First MF Council Meeting Scheduled
* MF Conference on the Huemul
Regional Updates:
* Africa
* Asia Pacific
* Europe
* Latin America
* North America
* Global
What’s New
Mountain Forum Survey Results
Mountain Calendar
About the Mountain Forum
Feature Articles:
* International Year of Mountains: A Call to Action
* Tourism and Sustainable Mountain Development
* Challenges Facing Mountain Women
* FAO Mountain Program
Regional Updates:
* Africa
* Asia Pacific
* Europe
* Latin America
* North America
* Global
What’s New
Mountain Forum Survey Results
Mountain Calendar
About the Mountain Forum
This issue contains excerpts from postings to the numerous Mountain Forum email discussion lists over the past six months. The feature article and numerous others were from the focused e-conference on Community Based Mountain Tourism. The Asia/Pacific section features a series of postings on the common theme of snow leopard predation and livestock compensation.
Contents:
FEATURE ARTICLES
* Mountains of the World: Water Towers of the 21st Century
* Where does Macro meet Micro?
REGIONAL UPDATES
* Africa
* Asia Pacific
* Europe
* Latin America
* North America
* Global
WHAT'S NEW-Global Information Server Node
MOUNTAIN CALENDAR
* Mountain Forum IFC Meeting Report
* Membership Directory
* Documents Available in On-line Library
It was a pilot issue of the Mountain Forum Bulletin. The purpose of this bulletin was to facilitate information exchange with members of the Mountain Forum who do not have access to e-mail or to the internet. While we have been surprised and encouraged by how many remote mountain areas are beginning to acquire e-mail access, there are still only a tiny fraction of mountain communities who have,...
Pilot Radio Project. The Mountain Forum Secretariat (MFS) and Asia Pacific Mountain Network (APMN) collaborated with Radio Sagarmatha (RS), the oldest community FM radio station in South Asia, in a pilot project to bring the voices of the mountain and hill people residing in the Nepal Himalaya to Mountain Forum and the world at large. The idea behind the project was to facilitate a two-way...
List of organizations, networks, key policies, projects and initiatives with information, resources, regarding payment for environment services.
List of organisations and networks with information, resources, regarding mountain biodiversity.