environmental monitoring
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.
Adapting to transboundary risks in mountain regions
Explore solutions on the A@A Solutions Portal that have been implemented either across borders or in multiple countries with shared borders in this Adaptation at Altitude brief.
Outcomes of GEO Mountains’ Regional Workshop in the Andes
Learn about the GEO Mountains' Regional Workshop in the Andes in this short summary article.
Promoting the Science-Policy dialogue: the Andean Mountain Initiative meets the Socio-Environmental Monitoring Networks of the Andes
How can science-policy dialogues strengthen adaptation and sustainable development in the Andes? Learn more in this summary of the meeting between the Andean Mountain Initiative and the socio-environmental monitoring networks of the Andes.
Central Asia Mountain Observatories Network (CAMON)
The Central Asia Mountain Observatories Network (CAMON) was inaugurated in 2023 at a meeting hosted by the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) and GEO Mountains in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
GLORIA network studies dispersal strategies of flowers in the High Andes
How are plants overcoming geographical barriers to disperse their seeds? The GLORIA-Andes network continues to provide basic knowledge about high Andean ecosystems, essential to understanding how native species feel the effects of climate change.
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.
ROSA, the Andean Network of Socio-ecological Observatories: Integrated monitoring for land management in the Andes
Learn about the newly created Andean Network of Socio-ecological Observatories, which seeks to maintain permanent monitoring sites in the Andes, in this short blog post!
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.