Why mountains matter for Africa
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Author:
UNEP and AfroMont
Editorial:
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC
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 and poverty eradication at the continent level.
In the uncertainty created by climate change, highpopulation growth and land-use change, urgent policy action is needed to promote the enabling conditions for funding and investment in sustainable mountain development (SMD) in Africa.
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