Mountains cover one quarter of the Earth's land surface. They present monumental paradoxes: They dominate the landscape and inspire scared devotion and awe; their people are isolated and ignored, they are the font of fantastic wealth; their people live in poverty, they provide water for half of the world's people; their water and soil resources are among the most mismanaged of all their assets, they are the home of incredible variety and biodiversity; their ecosystems are fragile and easily degraded, y their people have learned vital lessons about sustainability; will anyone listen
The greatest challenges are faced by mountain women who live in remote areas at higher altitudes. Af...
The article gives an overview of the importance of mountains in sustainable development and their pl...
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the ...
Mountains are water towers for humanity, the source of some 60 to 80 per cent of the world’s fresh w...
Mountain areas occupy about one-fourth of the world's land surface and shelter about 10 per cent of ...
Covering about 12.5% of the Earth’s terrestrial surface, mountains have great value for people and n...
The high mountains of the world represent one of the most extreme environments on our planet. Yet th...
Mountain social-ecological systems (MtSES) are vital to humanity, providing ecosystem services to ov...
Mountains are an important source of water, energy and biological diversity. Furthermore, they are a...
Mountains occupy 24 percent of the Earth’s land surface (Kapos et al., 2000) and are home to a large...
Mountains as "Water Towers" play an important role for the surrounding lowlands. This is particularl...
We all need mountains, and should stand back and treat them with the utmost respect. Welcome to 2002...
Mountains form one of the most important bio-geographical resource zones of the world. They are remo...
Mountains occupy 24% of the global land surface area and are home to 12% of the world’s population. ...
The world’s mountains cover about one-fourth of the planet’s land surface and are home to 10 percent...
The greatest challenges are faced by mountain women who live in remote areas at higher altitudes. Af...
The article gives an overview of the importance of mountains in sustainable development and their pl...
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the ...
Mountains are water towers for humanity, the source of some 60 to 80 per cent of the world’s fresh w...
Mountain areas occupy about one-fourth of the world's land surface and shelter about 10 per cent of ...
Covering about 12.5% of the Earth’s terrestrial surface, mountains have great value for people and n...
The high mountains of the world represent one of the most extreme environments on our planet. Yet th...
Mountain social-ecological systems (MtSES) are vital to humanity, providing ecosystem services to ov...
Mountains are an important source of water, energy and biological diversity. Furthermore, they are a...
Mountains occupy 24 percent of the Earth’s land surface (Kapos et al., 2000) and are home to a large...
Mountains as "Water Towers" play an important role for the surrounding lowlands. This is particularl...
We all need mountains, and should stand back and treat them with the utmost respect. Welcome to 2002...
Mountains form one of the most important bio-geographical resource zones of the world. They are remo...
Mountains occupy 24% of the global land surface area and are home to 12% of the world’s population. ...
The world’s mountains cover about one-fourth of the planet’s land surface and are home to 10 percent...
The greatest challenges are faced by mountain women who live in remote areas at higher altitudes. Af...
The article gives an overview of the importance of mountains in sustainable development and their pl...
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the ...