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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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....
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on Sustainable mountain development at the 66th Session. A/RES/66/205 Download here
Regional report on sustainable mountain development in the Andes ahead of the Rio+20 summit. Download here
Regional report on sustainable mountain development in the Hindu Kush Himalaya ahead of the Rio+20 summit. Download here
Regional report on sustainable mountain development in the Middle East and North Africa ahead of the Rio+20 summit. Download here
Regional report on sustainable mountain development in the Alps ahead of the Rio+20 summit. Download here
Regional report on sustainable mountain development in Africa ahead of the Rio+20 summit. Download
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”,...
Regional report on sustainable mountain development in Southeast Asia and Pacific ahead of the Rio+20 summit. Download here
Report of the Secretary-General on Sustainable Mountain Development Download here
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...
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on Sustainable mountain development at the 64th Session. A/RES/64/205 Download here
Report of the Secretary-General on Sustainable Mountain Development.
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on Sustainable mountain development at the 60th Session. A/RES/62/196 Download here