Mountain Partnership

Publications

13/06/2012

Policy brief presented at Rio+20   North America’s mountains are a primary source of fresh water. Other natural resources, such as coal and natural gas, are pillars of North American energy economies....

13/06/2012

Policy brief presented at Rio+20   The Central Asian mountains provide an astonishing array of essential ecosystem goods and services not only to mountain inhabitants but also to people in the lowlands...

13/06/2012

Policy brief presented at Rio+20   Mountains provide vital goods and services for the benefit of all humankind, for supporting sustainable development at a global level, and for moving the world towards...

12/06/2012

Policy brief presented at Rio+20   African mountains are highly vulnerable water towers and breadbaskets for the lowlands. Mountain ecosystem services (ES) ensure water-food-energy security and biodiversity conservation and enable sustainable development...

12/06/2012

Policy brief presented at Rio+20   The mountains of Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe have played a key social, economic and environmental role in the development of the nations and peoples...

30/05/2012

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) new publication, gives a brief overview of the regional consultation facilitated by ICIMOD and the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry, Myanmar,...

16/05/2012

With Rio+20 negotiations approaching, the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) and the Centre for International Sustainable development Law (CISDL), release their Compendium of Legal Best Practices on Climate Change Policy....

14/03/2012

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on Sustainable mountain development at the 66th Session. A/RES/66/205   Download here

01/01/2012

Regional report on sustainable mountain development in the Andes ahead of the Rio+20 summit. Download here

01/01/2012

Regional report on sustainable mountain development in the Hindu Kush Himalaya ahead of the Rio+20 summit. Download here

01/01/2012

Regional report on sustainable mountain development in the Middle East and North Africa ahead of the Rio+20 summit. Download here

01/01/2012

Regional report on sustainable mountain development in the Alps ahead of the Rio+20 summit. Download here

01/01/2012

Regional report on sustainable mountain development in Africa ahead of the Rio+20 summit. Download

05/12/2011

The integrity and resilience of mountain forests is under threat from increasing temperatures and wildfires, population growth and food and fuel insecurity, lead to “Mountain Forests in a Changing World”,...

01/12/2011

Regional report on sustainable mountain development in Southeast Asia and Pacific ahead of the Rio+20 summit. Download here

01/08/2011

Report of the Secretary-General on Sustainable Mountain Development   Download here

23/04/2010

The present brochure, published by the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) of DIVERSITAS, Institute of Botany, University of Basel with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation...

11/03/2010

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on Sustainable mountain development at the 64th Session. A/RES/64/205   Download here

01/09/2009

Report of the Secretary-General on Sustainable Mountain Development.

22/02/2008

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on Sustainable mountain development at the 60th Session. A/RES/62/196   Download here