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Sustainable Mountain Development RIO 2012 and beyond Draft, version March 2012
Mountains provide vital goods and services for the benefit of all humankind, for supporting sustainable development at a global level, and for moving the world towards a greener economy. But provision of these goods and...
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Sustainable Mountain Development RIO 2012 and beyond
The Andes, covering 33% of the area of the Andean countries, are vital for the livelihoods of the majority of the region’s population and the countries’ economies. However, increasing pressure, fuelled by growing population numbers, changes in...
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Sustainable Mountain Development RIO 2012 and beyond
North America’s mountains are a primary source of fresh water. Other natural resources, such as coal and natural gas, are pillars of North American energy economies. The recreation and tourism industry – the lifeblood of many mountain...
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Sustainable Mountain Development RIO 2012 and beyond Draft version March 2012
Mountains of the Southeast Asia and Pacific (SEAP) region spread across mainland Asia and the island/archipelagic states in the Pacific Ocean. These countries host one of the world’s highest and most severely threatened...
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Factsheet No. 2, 2012
Mountains provide vital goods and services for the benefit of all humankind, helping to support sustainable development and to move the world towards a greener economy. But mountains face challenges that threaten the provision of these goods and services. The global community...
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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...
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Sustainable Mountain Development RIO 2012 and beyond
The mountains of Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe have played a key social, economic and environmental role in the development of the nations and peoples that have resided there since time immemorial. Being both natural barriers and...
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Sustainable Mountain Development RIO 2012 and beyond
Mountains in Meso America cover 25.2% of the region and hold a remarkable 12% of the world’s biodiversity on only about 2% of the earth’s land surface. A total of 86 indigenous ethnic groups occupy 54.2% of the mountain territories. The greatest...
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Los Andes, que cubren 33% del territorio de los países andinos, son de vital importancia para sostener los medios de vida de la mayoría de las poblaciones de la región y sus economías. Sin embargo, la presión cada vez mayor, exacerba por un mayor crecimiento poblacional, los cambios en el uso del...
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The Alps are a coherent mountain region covering 190,568 km2 across eight countries, with a population of 14 million. Their central location in western Europe gives them many important roles for the continent. The Alpine economy is based on a symbiosis of diverse sectors: tourism, services,...
Sustainable Mountain Development RIO 2012 and beyond Draft, version March 2012 Mountains provide vital goods and services for the benefit of all humankind, for supporting sustainable development at a global level, and for moving the world towards a greener economy. But provision of these goods and...
Sustainable Mountain Development RIO 2012 and beyond The Andes, covering 33% of the area of the Andean countries, are vital for the livelihoods of the majority of the region’s population and the countries’ economies. However, increasing pressure, fuelled by growing population numbers, changes in...
Sustainable Mountain Development RIO 2012 and beyond North America’s mountains are a primary source of fresh water. Other natural resources, such as coal and natural gas, are pillars of North American energy economies. The recreation and tourism industry – the lifeblood of many mountain...
Sustainable Mountain Development RIO 2012 and beyond Draft version March 2012 Mountains of the Southeast Asia and Pacific (SEAP) region spread across mainland Asia and the island/archipelagic states in the Pacific Ocean. These countries host one of the world’s highest and most severely threatened...
Factsheet No. 2, 2012 Mountains provide vital goods and services for the benefit of all humankind, helping to support sustainable development and to move the world towards a greener economy. But mountains face challenges that threaten the provision of these goods and services. The global community...
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...
Sustainable Mountain Development RIO 2012 and beyond The mountains of Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe have played a key social, economic and environmental role in the development of the nations and peoples that have resided there since time immemorial. Being both natural barriers and...
Sustainable Mountain Development RIO 2012 and beyond Mountains in Meso America cover 25.2% of the region and hold a remarkable 12% of the world’s biodiversity on only about 2% of the earth’s land surface. A total of 86 indigenous ethnic groups occupy 54.2% of the mountain territories. The greatest...
Los Andes, que cubren 33% del territorio de los países andinos, son de vital importancia para sostener los medios de vida de la mayoría de las poblaciones de la región y sus economías. Sin embargo, la presión cada vez mayor, exacerba por un mayor crecimiento poblacional, los cambios en el uso del...
The Alps are a coherent mountain region covering 190,568 km2 across eight countries, with a population of 14 million. Their central location in western Europe gives them many important roles for the continent. The Alpine economy is based on a symbiosis of diverse sectors: tourism, services,...
