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Mountain Wilderness unites the alpinists throughout the world for the protection of the mountains. The main areas of work of MW are: mountain protected areas, glaciers protection and ski resorts, struggle against motorized leisures in nature areas, eco-tourism, obsolete installations in mountains and impact of mountain sports.
In a few short minutes let me give you my own biased views. Even though I was born a flatlander, I picked the Green Mountain State as a final career dwelling place. From my home I can see two major mountain ranges and a number of presumptuous "wanna be" hills that carry mountain names. I can also see two paths of response to "Why mountains?" (1) "Why are they important...
CDE’s mission is to contribute to sustainable development in countries of the North, South, and East, through:
- research partnerships
- education and training
- development of concepts and tools
- raising awareness,
- policy advice.
CDE focuses on:
- management of natural resources,
- integrated regional development, and
- interventions that mitigate syndromes of global change.
CDE places...
Centre d'Art i Natura is a local development project. Its main activity is to give support to creative work in residence and research (visual arts, musical composition, literature and environmental studies).
Foundation for Environment and Development is a non givernmental and non-profit an environmental law organisation founded in 2001 and based in Cameroon. It focuses inter alia on sustainable development, development of environmental law, compliance and enforcement research, montaine ecosystem, environmental litigation, indeginous people, capacity building etc.
Pragya is a non governmental development organisation working with the indigenous communities in the Indian Himalayas since 1995. Pragya interventions are addressing different need areas of these communities, and involve both research and implementation projects. Our projects address issues of biodiversity conservation, traditional knowledge preservation, empowerment of indigenous communities...
University of Georgia-Athens (UGA) is the flagship institution of higher education in the state of Georgia (USA) and offers graduate and undergraduate degrees. UGA is a Research I organization and thus is structured around academic departments, research centers, and interdisciplinary institutes. Interest in mountains is found mainly in the Department of Anthropology, Institute of Ecology, and...
French NGO focusing on ecotourism development mainly in France but also around the world.
Conservation organisation accredited by the forest stewardship council to certify well managed forests.
What do we do?
We organize the International Himalaya Film Festival
We give lectures and show films
We provide publications
We are involved in fundraising activities to enhance the quality on information
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