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Natural hazards and risk communication strategies among indigenous communities: Shedding light on accessibility in Mexico's mountains

Attempts to improve risk communication strategies in order to prevent and mitigate disasters caused by natural hazards have been made worldwide. However, most such strategies target non-indigenous populations, while vulnerable communities located in remote mountain areas in the least developed countries lack information in their native language.

Awareness of risks...

A survey of rural livelihood strategies in north-west Pakistan
An exploratory survey on rural livelihood strategies was carried out in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan within the context of the NCCR North–South. The collecting of data, completed by mid-August 2004, was carried out by a local research team in three different villages of the province. As it was one of the survey’s aims to gain a better understanding of potential...
Knowledge for sustainable development in the Tajik Pamir Mountains

Initiating a process of informed decision-making for sustainable development requires the following: a) the values and objectives to be pursued need to be negotiated among all concerned stakeholders of a specific territorial unit; b) these stakeholders should have access to a comparable level of knowledge; and c) the decisions taken and the subsequent actions initiated should have a...

Agricultural market reforms and potato farmers' strategies in the Pueblo Llano Valley, Venezuelan Andes
Agricultural market reforms initiated by successive Venezuelan governments in the 1990s have triggered a complex set of coping strategies in the Venezuelan Andes. A case study in the Pueblo Llano valley showed that some of the most important livelihood strategies used by farming households to cope with economic uncertainty during the period of research (1994–1999) were land expansion,...
MRI Newsletter 9: MRI's Global Change Research Network in European Mountains (GCRN_EM)
MRI launched the GCRN_EM at a workshop on 1-2 February 2007 in Zurich, Switzerland: "Developing a Global Change Network in European Mountains: Going Beyond FP7."  GCRN_EM is one of several networks supported by MRI.  With the GLOCHAMORE Research Strategy, MRI has produced a framework for research. However it is through the regional networks that the strategy becomes tangible.
Adapting to uncertain futures: A report on new glacier recession and livelihood vulnerability research in the Peruvian Andes
The expected outcomes of the collaborative research project, which will continue through at least 2010, are (1) the generation of cutting-edge empirical data and theoretical insights into the current rate and magnitude of climate change induced glacier recession, shifting hydrologic processes, and human livelihood vulnerability and adaptation; (2) the refinement of rigorous...
SDC supports rural development to address climate change and food security
The Swiss Agency for Development and Coorperation (SDC) recently decided that the Joint Concept on Rural Development (JDCRD) elaborated by the members of the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) should be used as the guiding strategic document for SDC investments in this area. This is important for SDC's activities, since much of SDC's rural development work...
Tea agroecosystems in the Uva highlands of Sri Lanka: An evaluation of land management activities

The mountain ecosystems of Sri Lanka are now in crisis, with rapid degradation of the productive resource base and the environment. There are unmistakable symptoms of unsustainability in current production practices and patterns of resource use in tea agroecosystems. The present study was undertaken with the overall objective of examining the sustainability of resource use, with special...

Sindh strategy for sustainable development

The Sindh Strategy for Sustainable Development (SSSD) proposes a ten year sustainable development agenda for Sindh. Its purpose is to highlight the ecological, economic and social issues of the province and to provide recommendations and strategic actions to address them. The strategy promotes the sustainable use of natural resources to achieve the objectives of poverty alleviation and social...

A global overview of mountain protected areas on the World Heritage List of particular importance for biodiversity

This working paper provides a global overview of the current coverage of existing World Heritage Sites of particular importance for the conservation of biodiversity, and suggests existing protected areas of significant biodiversity value, which may merit future World Heritage nomination.

In 1996, IUCN initiated a project to prepare a global strategy for Natural World Heritage...

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