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Major Assessments

UNEP

MOUNTAIN WATCH: environmental change and sustainable development in mountains
UNEP-WCMC; Oct. 2002. ISBN 1 899628 20 7
The report, the first map-based assessment of environmental change in mountain areas and the implications for sustainable development, has been compiled by the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) as a contribution to the International Year of the Mountains.

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SUSTAINABLE MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT - Report of the Secretary-General
A/62/292 . August 2007

The present report was prepared in response to General Assembly resolution 60/198, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its sixty-second session on the status of sustainable development in mountain regions. The report describes the status of sustainable mountain development at the national, regional and international levels, including an overall analysis of the challenges ahead, and provides suggestions for consideration by the Assembly as to how to continue to promote effectively sustainable development in mountain regions around the world within the existing policy context, including chapter 13 of Agenda 21, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation and the Millennium Development Goals.

   
     

SUSTAINABLE MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT - Report of the Secretary-General
E/CN.17/2001/PC/14. Prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
as task manager for chapter 13 of Agenda 21, with contributions from other United Nations agencies and international organizations. March 2001.

   
     

International Partnership for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions

THE BISHKEK MOUNTAIN PLATFORM - 2002
The Bishkek Mountain Platform will be the concluding declaration from the Summit, and will provide a framework for action for sustainable development of mountain regions.

   
     

Other Sources

THE STATE OF WORLD'S MOUNTAIN'S : A GLOBAL REPORT - 1992
Peter B. Stone (editor). Zed Books, London and New Jersey, 1992
ISBN :1-85649-115-3

 
     

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UN resources

Agenda 21, Chapter 13
International Year of Mountains
UNEP/WCMC/Mountains
UNEP.Net/Mountains
UNESCO/IYM
UNU/Sust. Mountain Dev.

Other resources

CIPRA
ICIMOD
Mountain Forum

 

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