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Sustainable management for the Andes: insights from the 2024 Regional Dialogues
Explore key messages and insights from the 2024 Andes Regional Dialogues, which focused on governance, knowledge integration, and conservation and restoration.
Colombia publishes Guidelines for Hydroclimatic Monitoring in High Mountains
Learn about Colombia's updated strategy for integrated monitoring in ecosystems of the High Andes and the importance of participatory monitoring
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.
Leave No Mountain Behind: The Synthesis Series – Scaling ecosystem restoration and protection: challenges and promising solutions
This synthesis examines the solutions in the Adaptation at Altitude Solutions Portal that have direct or indirect benefits on restoration and sustainable management of ecosystems. It also looks at common factors that have brought about success in these projects, such as inclusive decision-making, collaboration across different sectors, and providing tools, data, and infrastructure to local communities.
Building strongholds for people and nature in the high Andes: Saving and restoring wetlands is helping communities to manage scarce water resources in the face of climate change
Discover how community members in Jujuy Province, Argentina are working to improve the management of the precious water that enables them to graze llamas and other livestock in local wetlands and grasslands, and to grow crops to feed their families or sell on local markets, in this solution story.
MRD Talk #02: Engaging with Indigenous and local knowledge for the conservation of mountain landscapes
The second talk in the MRD Talk series, highlighting how working with Indigenous and local knowledge holders is crucial to conserving mountain landscapes.
MRD Talk #01: Climate change adaptation in mountains – How to close the gap between policies and local realities?
The first talk in the MRD Talk series, highlighting the crucial role of dialogue between scientists, development practitioners, private-sector representatives, and policymakers in fostering innovative solutions for sustainable and resilient mountain futures.
Conservation of Queuña forests (Polylepis spp.) of Vilcanota range, Peru
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEgFcXGiVR0 The objective of this project is to protect and restore Queuña forests (Polylepis spp.), their water, landscape and biodiversity,...