Highlands and Drylands: Mountains, a Source of Resilience in Arid Regions

Highlands and Drylands: Mountains, a Source of Resilience in Arid Regions

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Recognizing the crucial role of Dryland Mountains - water towers for surrounding dry lowland areas, global change laboratories for monitoring the combined effects of climate and socio-economic changes - in the global discourse on how to redefine and implement a truly sustainable development, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...

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Strategic Initiative on Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Development in Mountain Regions | Africa Regional Meeting

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Watch the photogallery of the third Regional Meeting (Mbale, Africa, 16 to 18 November 2011).

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Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptation and Development in Mountain Regions

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There is still very limited awareness, let alone concern, at the global-level of the impacts caused by climate change in mountain ecosystems. The information available generally focuses on retreating glaciers. While the perception may be one of regions with low population density in a harsh environment, the reality is magnitudes...

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Strategic Initiative on Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Development in Mountain Regions | Central Asia Regional Meeting

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Watch the photogallery of the second Regional Meeting (Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 16 to 18 November 2011).

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Strategic Initiative on Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Development in Mountain Regions | Africa Regional Meeting

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The third Regional Meeting - Africa - on Sustainable Development in African Mountain Regions was held in Mbale, Uganda, from 16 to 18 November 2011.

The meeting was jointly organised by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), with support from the World Bank,...

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Strategic Initiative on Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Development in Mountain Regions | Central Asia Regional Meeting

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The second Regional Meeting - Central Asia - was held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, from 16 to 18 November 2011.

The meeting was jointly organised by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, the University of Central Asia (UCA) and the Government of Tajikistan, with support from the World Bank, in the...

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