Publications
This year, the Forum’s topic on Mountain green products coincided with the global move towards Rio+20 (2012) on Green economy. The discussions were organized in thematic groups in three parallel sessions, namely, on pasture green products, forest green products and green farming practices. The sessions narrowing its focus on specific subject areas have helped to identify and summarize the net...
In this interview, Dr. Bebbington indicates that the challenge – for mountain dwellers and outside actors alike – is to imagine and make viable modes of living that will satisfy the legitimate aspirations of rural dwellers at the same time s being “green.” Dr. Bebbington mentions that all economic forms reflect varying degrees of “greenness”, and the same would be the case for economies of...
The Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC) was established recognizing that international dialogue and cooperation are the best responses in addressing the various chalenges posed by environmental security. ENVSEC is a unique partnership of various international organizations and entities such as the United Nations Environment Progamme (UNEP), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),...
The Mining For Closure report aims to present a basis for action within South Eastern Europe (SEE) and the Tisza River Basin (TRB) towards the development of corporate practice, regulatory frameworks, governance guidelines and/or financial and insurance markets suitable for the support of a modern mining industry in the region. Further the report seeks to help SEE and jurisdictions in the TRB...
Priority: Management and reduction of trans boundary risks from hazardous activitiesOutcomes:Reduced local environmental and human health risks and minimized tensions among SEE countries through reduction of risk of accidental transboundary pollution arising from hazardous mining sitesImproved transboundary and regional cooperation on identification, management and reduction of trans-boundary...
In this interview, Dr. Bebbington covers the issue of extractive industries in mountain regions. He indicates that greener economy of the foreseeable future will inevitably involve the circulation and use of the products of extraction. He mentions some ways to regulate extraction such that its adverse environmental impacts and risks are reduced, and its contributions to reduce inequality and...
In the late 1990s, The Mountain Institute, a small, non‐profit environmental organization began working with the Antamina Mining Company, one of the world’s largest mining companies, to help it revise its plans for a large zinc and copper mine. The collaboration produced a road design that not only protected a fragile ecosystem but was more cost effective than the fim’s original plan. This...
Hyrcanian vegetation zone is a green belt stretching over the northern slopes of Alborz mountain ranges and covers the southerncoasts of the Caspian Sea. This area stretches from Astara in the northwest to Gorgan vicinity in the northeast of Iran that covered some parts of three rovinces of Iran including: Golestan, Mazandaran and Gilan Provinces. This area has a total area of 1.85 million ha...
To understand how agriculture and poverty interact, we analysed water availability, productivity and institutions for the Andes basins. Water limits agricultural productivity in the southern basins but is plentiful in the northern basins where steep slopes or poor land and water management limit productivity. The dominance of small, steep basins results in important upstream–downstream linkages....
Critical imbalances in Earth’s hydrological cycle and “Climate Change” are presently threatening all of life on Earth. It is therefore imperative that this situation is more broadly understood and that work towards remedying it is implemented. Many eminent people have gathered together in influential environmental assemblies to address these global difficulties.