ecosystem services
Meeting of Mountain Platforms of the Alps, East Africa and the Andes: Connecting Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change Adaptation
Explore the latest Mountain Connect brief which shares highlights from an interregional meeting on the interplay between biodiversity conservation and climate change adaptation.
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.
Mountain forests management and its relationship with Andean population well-being: The experience of the Andean Forests Program
The article analyzes how the actions promoted by the Andean Forests Programcontributed to the well-being and resilience of the population in its intervention sites.
First Latin-American edition of IPROMO: Sustainable Management of Socio-Ecosystems in the Andes
This article describes the first course of the IPROMO Mountains Training Programme held in Spanish. The course was organised by CONDESAN with the support of two initiatives financed by the Swiss Agency for Cooperation and Development (SDC).
Mechanisms for ecosystem services retribution in the Cañete river basin, Peru (MERESE)
This project implemented by the Minister of Environment of Peru (MINAM) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) seek...
The hydrological ecosystem services compensation system: the Mariño micro-basin in Abancay, Peru
The local organizations and peasant farmer communities of Apurimac hold activities to protect springs, plant native trees and build ccochas (artisanal reservoirs) to improve water regulation.
Yachaykusun: Lessons on climate change from the Andes
This online book details the innovative responses of rural populations to climate change in the Andean highlands, aided by the implementation of resilience building practices by PACC Peru.
MOUNTAIN-EVO: Adaptive governance of mountain ecosystem services for poverty alleviation enabled by environmental virtual observatories
This project is about how to govern mountatin ecosystems for poverty alleviation enabled by environmental virtual observatories.
Bosque Modelo Araucarias del Alto Malleco (Chile)
Los Bosques Modelo se convierten en un proceso de base social en que grupos que representan a una diversidad de actores trabajan juntos hacia una visión común de desarrollo sostenible de su territorio.
El Bosque Modelo Araucarias del Alto Malleco, nacido en el año 2002, esta inserto en la zona cordillerana y más oriental de la Provincia de Malleco, Chile, abarcando la totalidad de las Comunas de Lonquimay y Curacautín.
El Bosque Modelo Araucarias del Alto Malleco, nacido en el año 2002, esta inserto en la zona cordillerana y más oriental de la Provincia de Malleco, Chile, abarcando la totalidad de las Comunas de Lonquimay y Curacautín.
Mountain Women – Key Drivers of Change
This article focuses on understanding the functioning of mountain ecosystems in the context of livelihoods and women.