Mountain Forum has managed thematic electronic conferences since 1996. Several reports were written based on these different e-conferences. Some of these reports are available for download. Please click on the relevant link below to download that document.

In case you have any problems downloading any of the documents, please email us at publications[at]mtnforum[dot]org.

	Mountain Laws and Peoples: Moving Towards Sustainable Development and Recognition of Community-Based Property Rights A General Overview of Mountain Laws and Policies with Insights from the Mountain Forum's Electronic Conference on Mountain Policy and Law. 2000. By Owen Lynch and Gregory F. Maggio. The Mountain Institute, Center for International Environmental Law, and Mountain Forum. Franklin, West Virginia. 48 pp. Summary Download (Size: 392 kb)
	Mountain People, Forests, and Trees: Strategies for Balancing Local Management and Outside Interests Synthesis of an Electronic Conference, April 12 - May 14, 1999. Edited by Nathalie Butt and Martin F. Price. Mountain Forum and The Mountain Institute. Franklin, West Virginia. 52 pp. Summary Download (Size: 497 kb)
	Community-Based Mountain Tourism: Practices for Linking Conservation with Enterprise Synthesis of an Electronic Conference, April 13 - May 18, 1998. Edited by Pamela Godde. Mountain Forum and The Mountain Institute. Franklin, West Virginia. 56 pp. Summary Download (Size: 323 kb)
	Investing in Mountains: Innovative Mechanisms and Promising Examples for Financing Conservation and Sustainable Development 1997. Edited by Lynelle Preston. Mountain Forum, The Mountain Institute, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Franklin, West Virginia. 48 pp. Summary Download (Size: 333 kb)