Africa
Mountains are an important source of water, energy and biological diversity. Furthermore, they are a source of such key resources as minerals, forest products and agricultural products and of recreation. As a major ecosystem representing the complex and interrelated ecology of our planet, mountain environments are essential to the survival of the global ecosystem. Mountain ecosystems are...
CIAT (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical), a non-profit, international organization, is based in Cali, Colombia, in the valley between two cordilleras of the Andes mountains. It is a sister center to CIP, which is located in Lima and is one of the organizers of the Forum. CIAT works with agricultural and natural resource problems throughout the tropics; a lot work is carried out in...
Conservation Legislation in South Africa is comprehensive and decrees that many activities require Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) and Integrated Environmental Management controls. Mountains are not seen as a separate category of land over which specific legislation would apply. Recently new unrelated legislation has created legislative loopholes that allow the indiscriminate...
From 37 June 1996, representatives from 13 African nations and more than 10 international organizations and NGOs, close to 70 delegates in all, met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the first African Intergovernmental Consultation on Sustainable Mountain Development.
African mountains are an important source of water, energy and biological diversity. They are also a source...
'Land degradation' is widely recognised as a critical environmental problem in the mountains of Lesotho. Lesotho is renowned for its "prominent soil erosion. that stands out (in satellite imagery) in stark contrast to the surrounding well vegetated landscape of South Africa.... a stage only one above that of desert" The highland farmer and his livestock are commonly blamed for such spectacular...
Monitoring the influence of human actions on flagship species is an important part of conserving biodiversity, because the information gained is crucial for the development and adaptation of conservation management plans. On the Masoala Peninsula in Madagascar, we are monitoring the two largest prosimian species, Eulemur fulvus albifrons and Varecia variegata rubra, at...
Lesotho is a landlocked country covering an area of approximately 3 0 000 square kilometres. The altitude ranges between 1380 m in the south west and 3480 m above sea level in the west. Mountains cover up to 65% of the total land area.
The population of Lesotho is presently 2 million with 80% of the inhabitants residing in the rural areas. Poverty is prevalent in the rural areas and...
This study was commissioned by the National Steering Committee of the Mt Elgon Integrated Conservation and Development Project. The project is implemented by the Forest Department and Kenya Wildlife Service. It is financed by the Netherlands Government and technical and managerial support comes from IUCN. Concerns about adverse press reports on the poor management of the forests of Mt Elgon,...
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