Publications
The losses that are being incurred of the Earth’s biological diversity, at all levels, are now staggering.
The trend lines for future loss are steeply upward as new adverse drivers of change come into play. The political processes for matching this crisis are now inadequate and the science needs to address this issue are huge and slow to fulfil, even though strong advances have been made.
A more...
Humans are altering the composition of biological communities through a variety of activities that increase rates of species invasions and species extinctions, at all scales, from local to global. These changes in components of the Earth's biodiversity cause concern for ethical and aesthetic reasons, but they also have a strong potential to alter ecosystem properties and the goods and...
Despite the growing body of literature on ecosystem services, still many challenges remain to structurally integrate ecosystem services in landscape planning, management and design. This paper therefore aims to provide an overview of the challenges involved in applying ecosystem service assessment and valuation to environmental management and discuss some solutions to come to a comprehensive and...
Ecosystem management that attempts to maximize the production of one ecosystem service often results in substantial declines in the provision of other ecosystem services.
For this reason, recent studies have called for increased attention to development of a theoretical understanding behind the relationships among ecosystem services. Here, we review the literature on ecosystem services and...
Este reporte anual analiza las principales novedades con respecto a los organismos genéticamente modificados (OGM) en varias regiones de todo el mundo, incluidas las nuevas pruebas y testimonios de nuestros grupos miembros. En esta edición 2011, nos centramos sobre todo en el uso de pesticidas, el aumento de la oposición pública y jurídica a los OMG, y la movida de la industria de la...
OVERVIEW
* Payments for Environmental Services in Mountain Areas: An Overview of the Options and Challenges for Mountain Systems and People
FEATURE ARTICLES
* Payments for Environmental Services: The Need for Redefinition? - Beria Leimona and Rudolf de Groot
* Addressing Equity and Poverty Concerns in Payments for Environmental Services
* Delivering Environmental Services in Landscapes:...
Este manual de capacitación aborda el tema de la integridad y la lucha contra la corrupción en el sector Agua - uno de los temas menos tomados en cuenta en la gobernanza de los recursos hídricos y servicios que proveen. Ha sido desarrollado para ayudar en la formación de capacidades institucionales en los administradores de los servicios de agua y otros tomadores de decisión, como el grupo...
Feature Articles:
* Mountain Forum Calls for Action from Its Members
* Mountain Energy and Transport: Challenges for the 21st Century
* Mountains and Energy at the United Nations
Regional Updates:
* Africa
* Asia Pacific
* Europe
* Latin America
* North America
* Global
Mountain Forum Survey Results
Mountain Calendar
About the Mountain Forum
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...