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Articles in this edition of the Mountain Forum Bulletin include:
- Mountain Diversity - A Global Heritage - Eva M
. Spehn and Christian Körner
Are Ethiopian Highlands changing? Amphibians as Ecosystem Indicators - Simon Loader, Abebe Mengistu, Silvia Schwaller, David Gower, Peter Nagel, Abebe Getahun, Samy Saber and Roman Kassahun
PARADISE LOST? Conservation of Mount Marsabit Forest Ecosystem, Northern Kenya - Wario R. Adano
Responses to Threats and Impacts on the Outstanding Biodiversity Values of Low-Altitude Mountains in South Western Australia - Anne Cochrane, Sarah Barrett and John Watson
Impacts of Armed Conflict on Mountain Biodiversity: Experiences from Nepal - Bishnu Upreti
Conservation of Agrobiodiversity through Traditionally Cultivating ‘Barahnaja’ in the Garhwal Himalaya, India - Vishwambhar Prasad Sati
Biodiversity Conservation and Crop Improvement in a Fragile Agro-Ecosystem: Insights from Guangxi, China - Song Yiching, Zhang Shihuang, with Ronnie Vernooy
Intensified Sheep Grazing Decreases the Biodiversity of Alpine Grasslands in the Carpathians, Romania - Bruno Baur
Main Threats to Mountain Biodiversity in Georgia - George Nakhutsrishvili, Maia Akhalkatsi and Otar Abdaladze
Recent Change of Alpine Vegetation and Plant Species Richness in the Swedish Scandes - Leif Kullman
Mountain Biodiversity, Genetic Resources and Cultures - Promila Kapoor-Vijay
Spread of Non-Native Plant Species into Mountains: Now is the Time to Act - Keith McDougall, Sylvia Haider, Tim Seipel, Christoph Kueffer and MIREN Consortium
Changes in Biodiversity Patterns in the High Andes - Understanding the Consequences and Seeking Adaptation to Global Change - Anton Seimon, Karina Yager , Tracie Seimon, Steve Schmidt, Alfredo Grau, Stephan Beck, Carolina García, Alfredo Tupayachi, Preston Sowell, Jerry Touval and Stephan Halloy
Protection of the Cloud Forests and Their Biodiversity in the Coastal Cordillera of Venezuela - Winfried Meier
Transboundary Landscape Conservation in the Eastern Himalaya – Interview with Dr. Nakul Chettri - Samuel Thomas and Ujol Sherchan
Global Mountain Biodiversity - Eva Spehn
Global Change in Mountain Regions: The Mountain Research Initiative - Claudia Drexler
ICIMOD’s International Conference, Workshops on Mountain Biodiversity - ICIMOD
Photo Exhibition: Changing Landscapes - Nonna Lamponen
Biodiversity and Climate Change Research Programme of the Snow and Mountain Research Centre of Andorra (CENMA) - Marta Doménech
Climate Change and Biodiversity in the European Union Overseas Entities - Guilluame Prudent
Caribou of the Canadian Rockies: Understanding Environmental Change in the Context of Conservation and Evolution - Byron Weckworth
Thoughts on the Food Crisis in the Andes - Judith Kuan Cubillas, Consultora de CONDESAN
Invertebrate Monitoring at GLORIA Target Regions: The First Results From the Urals and Need for Global Networking - Yuri Mikhailov
Walking through My Land: A Little Sparrow - Walter Bishop V.
Metsovion Interdisciplinary Research Centre Database (MIRC)
Angeliki Geronteli, on behalf of the N.T .U.A., M.I.R.C
Technological Innovation Servicing Biodiversity - Lourdes Chuquipiondo (RAMP PERU)
Birds from the Albertine Rift - Michel Louette (RMCA)
Agrobiodiversity in the Alps: Establishment of a Long-Term Monitoring System - Elli Broxham
Project Snow Leopard: Participatory Conservation Model for the Indian Himalaya - Pranav Trivedi
The Importance of Mediterranean Alpine Biodiversity in Central Spain - Rosario Gavilán and Alba Gutiérrez Girón
New Views of the Tibetan Plateau and Himalaya for Conserving Biodiversity - Daniel J. Miller
Vegetation Types of the Endangered Eastern Ghats Mountain Ecosystem in Southern Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, India - G Areendran, Prakash Rao and Krishna Raj
Useful Resources for Mountain Biodiversity
Mountain Calendar
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Articles in the Bulletin focus on the theme of mountain agriculture and include the following:
- Recognising the amenities of mountain agriculture in Europe by Thomas Dax
- Agricultural Diversity in Coping with Climate Change by Bandana Shakya
- Livelihoods at Risk: Agricultural Viability and Converging Climatic and Economic Change in the Central Andes by Adam French and Jeffrey Bury
- Traditional irrigation system: A case of Apatani tribe in Arunachal Himalaya, North East India by Mihin Dollo
- Medicinal Plants in the Valais: A success story by Charly Darbellay
- No Land Left for Women: Property Rights in Baltistan (Central Karakoram) by Nadine Guenther, Tine Maikowski & Matthias Schmidt
- From subsistence to cash generating crops: a case study of changing cropping pattern in the Garhwal Himalaya, India Dr
. by Vishwambhar Prasad Sati
Experiences in Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management in the mid-hills of Nepal: out-scaling the lessons Isabelle Providoli
Dzo: the mule of the Himalayas in a changing climate by Nakul Chettri
Women on forefront: Conservation of Traditional Crop Biodiversity: A Study of Uttarakhand State in Indian Himalaya by Rajendra Prasad Juyal and Mahesh Chandra Sati
Nepal’s declining agriculture production in changing climate by Mohan Prasad Devkota and Ashok Kumar Koirala
Mountain Farming Support in Austria by Gerhard Hovorka and Thomas Dax
Himalayan Pastoralism by Naomi Bishop
Promoting Food Self-Sufficiency in the mid-hills of Nepal: fertilizers or farmyard manure? Prepared by the SDC-Helvetas-Intercooperation Sustainable Soil Management Programme, Nepal
Interview with Mr. Mahabir Pun, Chairman at E-network Research and Development
Film Screenings - An effective tool for Conservation Education by Nimesh Ved
Maintaining Agricultural Biodiversity in the European Mountain Regions: Alps, Carpathians and Balkans SAVE Monitoring Institute by Elli Broxham and Waltraud Kugler
World premiere of a high-realist portrait of the Cross River gorilla by African Conservation Foundation
Foundation for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions (FDDM) by Eric Nanchen
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Articles include the following:
- Earth Hour, the Power of One and Shaping Nepali Environmental Thinking by Surya B
. Prasai
The incongruity of territorial perceptions as obstacle to resource management in communal land – case study from southern Morocco by Manfred Finckh & Holger Kirscht
Gender Roles in Household Energy Management: Issues and Implications by Ishari Mahat
Conflict in Kugha watershed by Farmer Tantoh
People’s Participation in Forest Resource Management in the Uttaranchal Himalaya by Vishwambhar Prasad Sati
Natural resource management based micro-enterprises development in the Garhwal Himalayas by Ashok Pokhriyal and Laxmi Prakash Semwal
Irrigation and an approach of sort in Peru by José Carvajal
Ancestral Bio-Indicators in Andean Highland Regions: Disaster warning and resilience mechanisms by Sergio Alvarez Gutierrez
Interview on Everest Eco-Expedition by Marianne Heredge and Ujol Sherchan
Signs of climate change on roof-top of the world by Tsewang Namgail
Book review on Ecology and Human Well-Being by Pushpam Kumar and B. Sudhakara Reddy
Forests, people and power edited by Oliver Springate-Baginski and Piers Blaikie
Seabuckthorn by Helga Ahmad
News from the Mountain Research Initiative: The Global Change Research Network in African Mountains by The Mountain Research Initiative
Visit to Harsing, a beautiful old tea garden in Darjeeling by Nirnay John Chettri
Energy Saving and Drudgery Reducing Technology Initiative by Jagriti
Resource Management: Conflict, Use and Role of Women by C.L.Chowdhary
Education in a remote hill district of Nepal: Deusa Secondary School, Solukhumbu by Marianne Heredge
Reconciling Community Development Needs and Great Apes Conservation: the twin-track approach by African Conservation Foundation
Revival of mountain tourism in earthquake affected areas of Kaghan Valley in Northern Pakistan by Aftab-ur-Rehman Rana
William L. Brown Center for Plant Genetic Resources
Centre for Mountain Studies: Scotland by Martin Price
From Spain: Update on RedMontañas activities by Manzanares el Real
SYFA Update by Farmer Tantoh
MSc Environment and Development of Mountainous Areas - National Technical University of Athens (N.T.U.A.)
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The Mountain Forum Bulletin focuses on the theme of climate change in mountains and adaptation to climate change
. (Individual articles are also available separately):
- Intangible Ecologies: Sacred Mountain Landscapes in a Changing Climate by Jonah Steinberg
- Resources Conflicts in Mountains: Sources and Solutions by Carmen de Jong
- Uncertainties in Climate Change Impacts Versus Certainties in Winter Tourism Adaptation Strategies by Guillaume Prudent, Emmanuelle Marcel-Poil and Vincent Boudières
- After the « White » Gold Rush: European Ski Resorts in Search of Activities for Winters Without Snow by Christoph Maier
- The Impacts of Climate Change on the Alpine Biota and Initial Management Adaptations in the Australian Alps by Roger Good
- When Climate Change Breaks Down Traditional Laws in Mountain Areas: Case Study for the Gabel Elba Protected Area in Egypt on the Effect of Climatic Change on the Endangered Dracaena ombet Tree by Usama Ghazali
- Anthesis of Philippine teak - Mass Flowering Episode Triggered by Climate Change? Species Response Under Climatic Uncertainty by Anacleto M. Caringal
- Local Management of Indigenous Mountain Rice and Fodder Tree: Short Notes on the Lowest Practice of Climate Change Mitigation by Leo D. Cueto and Anacleto M. Caringal
- Historical Changes of the Upper Tree Line in the Carpathian Mountains (Ukraine) by Vladimir Kricsfalusy, Wojtek Mróz and Sergey Popov
- The Climate Change and its Impacts in Peru - Processes of Adaptation in the Rural Areas by Cesar Portocarrero
- Local and Indigenous Practices on Adaptation: An Experience From Herder's Life of Western Bhutan by Nakul Chettri
- Food Security Amidst Climate Change in Nepal by Dinanath Bhandari
- Integrated Conservation and Development Program (ICDP) Could be a Coping Strategy to Impacts of Climate Change in Mountain Regions by Gehendra Bahadur Gurung
- Is Climate Change an Opportunity or Threat in the Mountains: An evaluation of the Central Andes of Peru by Luis Suarez
- Climate Change in the Western Ghat Mountains: Impact and Adaptation by S P Anandan
- Potential Impacts of Climate Change in the Uttarakhand Himalayas by Prakash Rao, G.Areendran and Rajneesh Sareen
- Utah's Wasatch Mountain Range and Climate Change Adaptation: A Story of Mountain Driven Culture, Environmental Focus, Preservation Best-Practices and Balanced Use of Mountain Resources by Gian Zini
- Book review: Mountains Witnesses of Global Changes: Research in the Himalaya and Karakorum: SHARE-Asia Project edited by R. Baudo, G. Tartari, E. Vuillermoz
- Book review: Mountains Witnesses of Global Changes: Research in the Himalaya and Karakorum edited by R. Baudo, G. Tartari, E. Vuillermoz
- Children's Movement for Mountain Environment Conservation - Adventure Foundation Pakistan
- Moving medical camp helps over 1000 people - Mountain Fund
- A Potential Source of Conflict in the Alps: Use of Water for Artificial Snow Production - Mountain Wilderness
- Mountain Academy Nepal by Dorjee Lama
- Balkans Pace Park project in running for top tourism award - Balkans Peace Park Project (BPPP)
- Livelihoods and Conservation of Medicinal Plants: Will it Work in Mountains? - Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF)
- Save Your Future Association (SYFA): TBI- Summer Environmental Exchange (SEE) 2007 by Farmer Tantoh
- Geo-referenced biological databases- a new mountain biodiversity tool GMBA
- Devising adaptation to climate change: Biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods at Lake Fúquene, Colombia - German Andrade and Lorena Franco
- Andean Solar Villages - Project Note - Yolanda Ortiz
- Promotion of Environmental Awareness among Children and People - Global Mass Community Welfare Organization
- Mitigation of Climate Change in the Western Himalayas - Pragya
- IUCN-Med Workshop, December 2007 - Mediterranean Mountains in a Changing World - IUCN
- Partnerships in action in the HKKH Region - HKKH Partnership
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The Bulletin focuses on biodiversity:
- Monitoring Biodiversity on the Saharan Slopes of the High Atlas, Morocco by Manfred Finckh, Anna Augustin and Norbert Jürgens
- Closures: A System of Biodiversity Conservation through Community Participation in the Highlands of Eritrea by Vishwambhar Prasad Sati
- Biodiversity Assessment in Lobo-San Juan Mountains by Anacleto M
. Caringal
Biodiversity Management: Towards Re-establishment of a Protected Areas System in Afghanistan by Stephan Fuller
A Challenge for Environmental Continuity in Italian Mountains by Bernardino Romano, Serna Ciabò and Mauro Fabrizio
Maintaining Bio-cultural Diversity in the Andes by Sarah-Lan Mathez-Stiefel and Stephan Rist
Land Use Change and Biodiversity Conservation in the Venezuelan Páramo: Integrating Farmers’ Perceptions by Luis D. Llambí, Julia K. Smith and Maximina Monasterio
Lessons from Kipahulu Valley, Maui by John Cusick
Three Decades of Managing Mountain Development in the Himalayan Region – Interview with Dr. James Gabriel Campbell by Ujol Sherchan
Book review: Floods in Bangladesh: History, Dynamics and Rethinking the Role of the Himalayas
Chua-Chua Botanical Gardens by Farmer Tantoh
Sustainable Harvest of Medicinal Plants - Charting the Beginnings of this Initiative from the Astore Conservancy by Athar Ali Khan
Empowering Women through Alternative Media for Biodiversity Conservation by Rashmi Gangwar
Preserving Mountain Biodiversity in the Western Ghats of the Madurai District, Tamil Nadu by S. P. Anandan
Cross-border Balkans Peace Park Project by Antonia Young and Abbey Radis
Democratising Forestry in Mexico’s Sierra Norte by Ross E. Mitchell
Mapping the La Paz-El Alto Foodshed by Stephen Taranto and Martina Brimmer
Andean Páramo Project: Conserving Biological Diversity by Bert De Bievre
Biodiversity and the Mountain Partnership by Jane Ross
The Carpathian Mountains - the Living Heart of Europe by Pam McCarthy
Centre for Environment Education (CEE) Himalaya Celebrates International Mountain Day by Rashmi Gangwar
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The Bulletin includes articles on desertification and deserts in high altitude area of central Asia, the Andes, Africa, the Andes and Swiss Alps
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- Impact of desertification on traditional societies in the Elba mountain region of Egypt by Usama Ghazaly
- Central Asia: Farmhouse insulation against desertification by S Bruschweiler and E Gabathuler
- Soil degradation in the Swiss Alps by D Banninger, M Brodbeck, N Hohwieler, K Meusburger and C Alewell
- The role of quinoa and other crops in the Andean desert regions by Sven-Erik Jacobsen, David Rodriguez, Angel Mujia, Alipio Canahua, Felipe Amachi and Susanne Andersen
- Different perceptions of desertification in the context of the Argentinean Patagonia by Monica Bendini
- South Okanagan: The threatened desert by Richard Cummings and Sydney Cummings
- Desertification: A growing problem - interview with Professor Joachim Borner
- Book review: Arunachal Pradesh: Human development report 2005 by Vimal Khawas
- CRREDEV: Projects and initiatives by Mbuti Mboyam Godwill
- Save Your Future Association by Farmer Tantoh
- Mountain Children's Forum's recommendation on child policy by Dave Grey
- Redmontanas: Lobbying for approval of the Spanish Mountain Charter by Rosa F Arroyo
- Learning schemes and radio programmes to help combat desertification by Anne Mette
- Mountain Partnership: Microfinance and mountains by Jane Ross
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In the countries of the Northern Andes, there is a unique ecosystem that starts at 5,000, at the edge of the glaciers that cap the mountains, and runs down to about 3,600 m
. The landscape of these high, treeless, plateaus ? known as the paramo ? is dotted with plants and shrubs uniquely adapted to the cold night temperatures and high levels of ultraviolet light . But most unusual about the paramo is its soil. Black, peaty, volcanic in origin, the soil of the paramo functions like a sponge ? it absorbs and holds water moisture from rain, mists, and glacial thaws, slowly releasing it.
But the paramo is a delicate ecosystem. Once the soil dries, it becomes hydrophobic: instead of absorbing water, it repels it, inducing an uncontrolled downward flow of water. In addition, paramo soils store more carbon than the rainforest. Should the soil structure be seriously damaged, this carbon starts to decompose and is released in large quantities into the atmosphere.
So in the El Angel watershed in Carchi province, there has been a concerted effort to find alternative ways to solve the problems of water shortages, driven largely by a research team working on a project known as Manrecur. Their work is supported by Canada?s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) among other donors.
Article: http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-29422-201-1-DO_TOPIC.htm
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