Bishkek Mountain Platform (2002)

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The Bishkek Global Mountain Summit in Kyrgyzstan marked the final global event of the International Year of Mountains. The "Bishkek Mountain Platform", a framework for action which contains recommendations for sustainable mountain development, was adopted at the summit.

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Thimphu Declaration of the Celebrating Mountain Women Conference (2002)

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In 2002, ICIMOD organized the international conference ‘Celebrating Mountain Women‘ in Bhutan, as the only global event during the International Year of Mountains to focus on mountain women in the context of sustainable mountain development. It brought together 250 participants from 35 countries...

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Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002) - Mountains

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Mountain paragraphs (pp. 33-4, chapter 42) in the Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002) 

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Land-Water Linkages in Rural Watersheds

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"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...

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United Nations General Assembly Report: International Year of Mountains (2002)

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Interim report on the International Year of Mountains, 2002
Note by the Secretary-General
A/57/188

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Bali Concept Document on International Partnership for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions (2002)

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The Bali Concept Document on an International Partnership for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions  was adopted during the 4th Session of the Preparatory Committee Meeting for the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Bali, Indonesia, on 3 June 2002.

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