Mountains 

Emerging Issues

Major Assessments

• MOUNTAIN WATCH: environmental change and sustainable development in mountains - 2002 (PDF)
  UNEP-WCMC; Oct. 2002. ISBN 1 899628 20 7
  The report, the first map-based assessment of environmental change in mountain areas and the implications for sustainable development, has been compiled by the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) as a contribution to the International Year of the Mountains.

• SUSTAINABLE MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT - Report of the Secretary-General - 2001 (PDF)
  E/CN.17/2001/PC/14. Prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  as task manager for chapter 13 of Agenda 21, with contributions from other United Nations agencies and international organizations. March 2001.

• THE BISHKEK MOUNTAIN PLATFORM - 2002
  The Bishkek Mountain Platform will be the concluding declaration from the Summit, and will provide a framework for action for sustainable development of mountain regions.

• THE STATE OF THE WORLD'S MOUNTAINS: A Global Report - 1992
  Peter B. Stone (editor). Zed Books, London and New Jersey, 1992
  (a new report is in preparation)

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	Resources
	Agenda 21, Chapter 13 International Year of Mountains UNEP/WCMC/Mountains UNEP.Net/Mountains UNESCO/IYM UNU/Sust. Mountain Dev. Non-UN resources ICIMOD Mountain Forum