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S4C Science for Carpathians: Research Agenda for the Carpathians 2010 - 2015
This document is the result of policy- and science driven activities stimulated through the growing recognition of the global importance of mountains. The interplay between those activities, in particular the development of the Carpathian Convention facilitated by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), together with the emergence of mountain research networks in Europe enabled the...
A collection on the Carpathian Convention
"Since the International Year of Mountains in 2002, the Italian Ministry of the Environment, holding then the presidency of the Alpine Convention, strongly supported the development of an international legal instrument for the protection and sustainable devel-opment of the Carpathian mountain region. An Al-pine-Carpathian partnership was established to promote an experience sharing process...
Feasibility Study on Establishing a Transboundary Protected Area Prokletije / Bjeshkët e Nemuna Mountains
The proposed “Prokletije / Bjeshkët e Nemuna Mountains” transboundary protected area expected to involve Albania, Kosovo - UN administered territory under UN Security Council resolution 1244/99, Montenegro and Serbia is one of the three “priority areas in focus” of the ENVSEC-SEE project, identified during the 1st sub-regional meeting organised by UNEP in June 2006 in Podgorica. The Prokletije...
Feasibility Study on Establishing a Transboundary Protected Area Durmitor – Tara Canyon – Sutjeska
The proposed “Durmitor – Tara Canyon – Sutjeska” transboundary protected area is one of the three “priority areas in focus” of the ENVSEC-SEE project, identifi ed during the fi rst sub-regional meeting organised by UNEP in June 2006 in Podgorica. The Durmitor – Tara Canyon – Sutjeska region located at the state border between Bosnia and Herzegovina / Republic of Srpska and Montenegro encompasses...
VISACA: Vision and Strategies in The Carpathian Area
VASICA (Vision and Strategies in the Carpathian Area) is a trans-national spatial development document and a key result of the EU CADSES Carpathian Project. Similar synthetic documents have been prepared for several large cooperation areas in Europe in the last decade. The fi rst and best known of these documents was the “Visions and Strategies around the Baltic Sea, (VASAB)”, prepared in 1994,...
Towards the network of mountain protected areas in the Balkans and the Dinaric Arc

The programme of work on mountain biological diversity under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) recommends establishing regional and transboundary collaboration, and cooperative agreements for mountain ranges1, as well as establishing and strengthening adequate, effective national and regional networks of mountain protected areas.

Neighbouring States, which often...

Mining and Evironment in the Western Balkans

Practically all human societies depend on the availability and use of mined products. But the expansion of mining operations into environmentally sensitive and fragile areas has increased the level of environmental destruction and the impact on basic ecosystem services and biodiversity. The mining industry has been involved in some of the most widely publicized environmental disasters. Well-...

Mountains and Climate Change. From Understanding to Action.

The present publication aims to create awareness about potential changes and related challenges for global development. It shows that not all is doom and gloom by presenting nascent and promising initiatives at the local, national, and international level. These endeavors attempt both to face the challenges presented by climate change and to take advantage of emerging opportunities wherever...

Mountain Forum Bulletin: Payments for Environmental Services in Mountain Areas

OVERVIEW
* Payments for Environmental Services in Mountain Areas: An Overview of the Options and Challenges for Mountain Systems and People

FEATURE ARTICLES
* Payments for Environmental Services: The Need for Redefinition? - Beria Leimona and Rudolf de Groot
* Addressing Equity and Poverty Concerns in Payments for Environmental Services
* Delivering Environmental...

Key Issues for Mountain Areas

Mountain areas cover a quarter of the Earth's land surface, with 26 percent of the global population living in them or very close by.

Mountain people and mountain environments are particularly threatened by global environmental change and economic and political forces. A disproportionate number of conflicts occur in mountain regions, and their inhabitants include many of the...

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