El Agua
Las montañas no son simples reservorios de agua, almacenando agua en forma de glaciares, nieve, humedales, lagos y depósitos subterráneos.
Como proveedoras de agua dulce para más de la mitad de la humanidad, las montañas son de importancia estratégica para la agricultura, la seguridad alimentaria y la biodiversidad.
Se extraen anualmente alrededor de 4000 kilómetros cúbicos de agua dulce–equivalente a aproximadamente 1700 litros por persona y día. Pero el agua para la agricultura es por mucho, la mayor categoría de extracción.
United Nations General Assembly Resolution: Rendering assistance to poor mountain countries to overcome obstacles in socio-economic and ecological areas (2005)publicationResolution adopted by the General Assembly at the 59th Session.
Descarga » |
United Nations General Assembly Resolution: Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions (2004)publicationResolution adopted by the General Assembly at the 58th Session: Sustainable development in mountain regions. A/RES/58/216
Descarga » |
Land-Water Linkages in Rural Watershedspublication"Deforestation in the Himalayas blamed for killer flood" - headlines such as this one from August 2000 suggest that upstream land use practices have important impacts on water resources and affect the people downstream at a watershed scale. Payments by downstream people to upstream people for "environmental services" such as... Descarga » |
United Nations General Assembly Resolution: Status of preparation for the International Year of Mountains, 2002 (2001)publicationResolution adopted by the General Assembly at 55th Session.
Descarga » |
Chapter 13, Sustainable Mountain Development of the Declaration on Environment and Development “Agenda 21”publicationDescarga » |
Alpine ConventionpublicationDescarga » |
Mountain Partnership
| Our work
| Focus areas
| Follow Us
Subscribe to Peak to Peak Newsletter
|
