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The Metsovion Interdisciplinary Research Centre (M.I.R.C.) of the National Technical University of Athens (N.T.U.A.) was founded in 1993. Its principal aim is to contribute to the protection and development of mountainous environments and local European cultures The activities of N.T.U.A. M.I.R.C include interdisciplinary research for the Protection and Development of Mountainous Environment...
From a global environmental perspective, few other places in the world are as important as the Tibetan Plateau and Himalaya is now concerns about global warming, climate change, receding glaciers, food insecurity and loss of biodiversity all point to the significance of this Asian mountain region in addressing these global challenges. Tackling these issues require greatly increased scientific...
In a research project currently under way, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment framework (MA 2005) is used to study the major socialecological drivers behind the abandonment of transhumance, to identify and value those ecosystem services linked to the practice of transhumance, and to explore the potential of payment for ecosystem services (PES) schemes. The study is taking place along the...
This section contains list of key resources on mountain biodiversity aggregated from different sources focusing on the global and key regional resources. Additional information on resources including the regional and national level is available at www.mtnforum.org/wisw/index.php . As the focus is on integrated approaches to mountain biodiversity resources focusing on single species have been...
A study, using participatory vulnerability assessment tools, was carried out in Kadampur, and Mirtung villages on the bank of the Baulaha Khola in Nawalparasi District in central inner Tarai, Nepal. Enquiries were based on a checklist prepared in advance and secondary information from other areas in the vicinity was incorporated. The study was able to accumulate information on changes, impacts...
This document contains information on the distribution and diversity of ricebean (Vigna umbellata) germplasm in India and Nepal, drawn from the literature, interviews with farmers and scientists, germplasm collection expeditions and field visits. It was produced by a team lead by Mr Resham Gautam of the Nepalese NGO Local Initiatives in Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD),...
Ricebean is an underutilised grain legume grown mainly in marginal hill areas in northern India and Nepal It belongs to the Ceratropis genus, section Angulares, and is believed to be a domesticated form of V. umbellata var. gracilis, a cross-fertile wild type native to Indo-China. It is closely related to adzuki bean, V. angularis.
Although ricebean has high nutritional quality...
This document contains information on farmers’ indigenous knowledge and practices associated with the ricebean (Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi and Ohashi, previously Phaseolus calcaratus) in potential ricebean growing areas of Nepal. Ricebean is a potentially valuable but underutilised multipurpose grain legume for farmers in the marginal hill areas of Nepal. It is a traditional crop that...
Almost a century ago, fears began to be expressed about the possible impact of the rise in atmospheric temperature on mountain glaciers. The fears led to the initiation of concerted scientific efforts to identify and examine the fluctuations along the front-snout of glaciers. It was believed that such studies, over the next century or so, would enable scientists to establish the relationship...
This study of objectives and key research themes of mountain research institutes/centres in Europe was carried out in the framework of the collaboration between the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) and the Mountain Forum (MF) 2006-2008.
The study should help in fostering synergies between efforts of European research organisations, one of the main objectives of the Mountain...
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