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Launch of the Caucasus Environment Outlook 2.0
What are the policy needs and gaps of the six countries within the Caucasus Ecoregion, and how can they mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change on both society and the environment? Join this webinar for the launch of the second edition of the Caucasus Environment Outlook.
COP16 Global Mountain Governance: importance for building synergies between Biodiversity conservation and Climate Change adaptation
Date and Location 🕗Wednesday, October 23 📅 18:00 a 19:20 (Bogotá, Lima, Quito)🟢 JUSCANZ Hall, Blue Zone COP-16 - Side Event #5908...
International Conference ‘Mountains: Biodiversity, landscapes and cultures
Take part in this international conference to engage with experts, share insights, and contribute to a sustainable future for mountain regions worldwide. The conference will cover global mountain biodiversity, ecological problems, mountain cultures, and mountain tourism & economic impacts.
Strengthening socio-environmental monitoring in the Andes
Explore recommendations and proposals on socio-environmental monitoring in the Andes made by the research community in this policy brief.
Diversity, structure and dynamics of tropical montane forests: Insights from permanent-plot monitoring in the Venezuelan Andes
Explore monitoring data from two mountain ranges of the Venezuelan Andes and understand what the results mean for their future sustainable management and conservation in this journal article.
Pastoralism in the high tropical Andes: A review of the effect of grazing intensity on plant diversity and ecosystem services
What are the impacts of grazing on biodiversity and ecosystem services in the tropical Andes? Explore the findings of this systematic review.
A roadmap for integrating theory and field observations in South America montane ecosystems
Learn about the empirical and theoretical approaches currently used to quantify the ecosystem service provision in South American montane forests and alpine environments. A broad roadmap for the creation of a trandisciplinary network that can bridge the gap between the needs of modelling and data availability is proposed, in order to facilitate the implementation of mountain vegetation into Dynamic Global Vegetation Models that are used in Earth System Models.
Pioneering study analyzes how plant communities throughout the High Andes are responding to climate change
Explore a new study by the GLORIA-Andes monitoring network to learn about how climate change is transforming summit plant communities in the High Andes, and what the key drivers of these changes are.
Outlook on climate change adaptation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya
Explore the climate change adaptation policies and responses in the mountainous regions of the Hindu Kush Himalaya region in-depth, in this edition of the Mountain Adaptation Outlook series. Following an analysis of the available information this report examines whether such policies and responses address key climate change risks.
Sixth Global Meeting of Mountain Partnership: South America and the Andes participate as an active block
On Tuesday, September 26th, 2022, Adaptation at Altitude (A@A) hosted a side event at the Mountain Partnership’s Sixth Global Meeting in Aspen, Colorado, USA. The side event was aimed at showing regional information collected for the sustainable management of mountains in the South America and Andres region.