Publications
Alpine rivers supply more than 170 millions of people with water. Climate change is going to reduce this water availability in the Alps and also in other regions. Water demand will rise as well as the competition between different stakeholder groups. In the 31-page compact CIPRA presents reports showing the effects from climate change to water utility, as well as political instruments and good...
In this interview, he provides his insights on efficient mountain agriculture management ways protecting mountain ecosystems. He provides too some successful examples of rural mountain green agriculture from different mountain regions, considering education and mountain science (“Montology”) as the basis for a prosperous mountain green economy. He also refers to several ongoing research...
This booklet summarizes state-of-the-art information on the characteristics of and threats to mountain ecosystems, the environmental services they provide and the impact of climate change; it explains approaches to sustainable mountain development, including natural resource management, economic opportunities, and mountain policies and governance; and it describes the way forward and provides...
Covering over 9 million square kilometres of the Earth’s surface, mountain forests represent a remarkable 23 percent of the Earth’s forest cover. They play a key role in mountain areas, providing goods and services essential to the livelihood of both highland and lowland communities. Freshwater streaming down from mountains is accessible to more than half of the world’s population and...
This article summarizes some of the key elements of the green economy transitions that are especially relevant to developing contries. It answers some frequently asked questions about these green economy voluntary transitions: What is a green economy? What are its main features? What are the main conclusions of the green economy report published by UNEP? What are the implications of green economy...
Mountain Day took place on Sunday, 4 December 2011 during the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 17) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in Durban, South Africa. Mountain Day was organized by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, and the Mountain...
Twenty years on from the Rio 1992 meeting (the first “Earth Summit”), participants coming from all regions met in Lucerne on 11 and 12 October 2011 to raise the role of mountains in the agenda of international development discussions.Regional reports from different mountain ranges, including the Andes and Hindu-Kush-Himalaya, were presented at the Conference. As a result, mountains will...
500 networks, civil organizations and citizens have already signed the present Adhesion Letter which was launched in Sao Paulo State, parallel to the 1st Rio +20 Paulista Seminar, as during the Seminar of the 4th edition of the MDGs promoted by The Presidency General Secretariat , the United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP ) and the National Movement for Citizenship and Solidarity, as well...
The concept of green economy has been raising hope to different stakeholders to address economic environmental and social crises facing currently the global community. It is one of the two thematic focuses at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to be held in 2012, 20 years after the Rio Earth Summit. This concept is particularly important for mountain regions, particularly...
The “Qhapaq Ñan Trust” (Patronato Qhapaq Ñan), which was recently established in Lima, is a non‐profit civil association whose objective is to carry out activities contributing to the revaluation, dissemination and promotion of the pre‐Hispanic road system estimated in 30,000 kilometers approximately in six countries, as well as the natural and cultural heritage related to this historic network....