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 Recent updates from Adaptation at Altitude: key insights for mountain stakeholders08.08.2024The Adaptation at Altitude programme has recently released a series of briefs and articles containing relevant insights for members of the Mountain Partnership and other mountain stakeholders. These publications delve into pressing issues related to climate change, sustainable land management and conservation, offering insights and practical strategies for adaptation. Leave no mountain behind: the synthesis series – Migration, mobility and immobility in the mountains A new brief was published on long-term migration in mountain areas, its drivers as well as its impacts on communities and wider society. This brief explores how climate change is contributing to increased migration in mountain areas and provides examples of climate change adaptation interventions that can help address these drivers and improve the lives of those who choose to stay. It discusses the planned relocation of communities: when this may be needed and how this has been done to date. The focus is on rural mountain communities in low and middle-income countries that are the most vulnerable to climate change and have the most to gain (and lose) through migration. Pastoralism in the high tropical Andes: A review of the effect of grazing intensity on plant diversity and ecosystem services A new article discusses the findings of a systematic review on the impacts of grazing on biodiversity and ecosystem services in the tropical Andes. The review seeks to analyse the impact of different types of grazing (in terms of the types of animals, grazing intensity and management strategies) on biodiversity and ecosystem services in the main pastoral systems that have been studied in the tropical Andes. The study addresses the complexities of pastoralist systems across the region by describing their environmental context and prevalent management strategies, using that to analyse their ecosystem impacts. To do this, the authors reviewed peer-reviewed publications to evaluate the main pastoral systems in the region and systematically recorded the types and effects of different levels of grazing intensity. Diversity, structure and dynamics of tropical montane forests: Insights from permanent-plot monitoring in the Venezuelan Andes Another new article explores monitoring data from two mountain ranges of the Venezuelan Andes and discusses what the results mean for their future sustainable management and conservation. The study focuses on the use of monitoring data from ground-based permanent plots (part of the Andean Forest Network) in the two main mountain ranges of the Venezuelan Andes to analyse forest structure, diversity and dynamics over six years (2016–2023), and their potential drivers. Considering that these are highly threatened ecosystems limited to higher elevations within protected areas, the authors argue the expansion of and a long-term and sustained effort for monitoring of these forests is a fundamental priority for evidence-based decision making and conservation efforts. In this context, the results provide insights into the ecological drivers and habitat conditions that shape species composition and dynamics in montane forests of the Venezuelan Andes. About Adaptation at Altitude Adaptation at Altitude is a collaborative programme launched and co-supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. The programme seeks to increase the resilience and adaptive capacity of mountain communities and ecosystems to climate change by: improving the knowledge of appropriate climate change adaptation strategies in the mountains; and transferring that knowledge through science–policy platforms to inform decision-making in national, regional and global policy processes. Photo credit: Musuk Nolte/Panos Pictures |
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