Mountain Forum Bulletin: September 2001

This Bulletin includes a range of articles on mountains:

• Putting mountain women on the agenda
• Hills vs mountains e-discussion summary
• Africa: Farmer-driven extension for poverty eradication by Francis Gichuki
• Land use change and associated degradation by Francis Gichuki
• Is tree planting for carbon credits the answer by Francis Gichuki
• About African Highlands Initiative by Francis Gichuki
• Can we reduce the dependence on forest products by Francis Gichuki
• Uttaranchal vision 2020 by Dr Pokhriyal
• International Conference of Mountain Children by Sangeeta Pandey
• Mountain children have a newspaper: Garhwal Himilayas by Pooran Joshi
• The Caucasus Summit by Francoise Mees
• An Italian butter churn for a Georgian shepherd from the EMF General Assembly
• The natural park of the volcanic region of La Garrotxa by Josep M Prats
• Carpathian network doubles by Anne Pellier
• Ecotourism in Albania - message to mf-europe
• Fundacio Territori i Paisatge by Ferran Paune
• Cusco Declaration on Sustainable Development of Mountain Ecosystems by Ana Maria Ponce
• US Senator defends mountain people by Robert Rhoades
• 30,000 acres in Sierra Nevada to be protected by Mary Menees