Mountains workshop
From 15:00 to 18:00, Tuesday 15 March 2016, Lima, Peru
Chair
Prof. Dr. Martin Price (UK) & Prof. Dr. Leopold Füreder (Austria)
Moderator
Elba Gamonal (Chile)
MAB Secretariat
Maria Rosa Cárdenas
E-mail: m.cardenas(at)unesco.org
Overview
Mountain regions represent about one-quarter of the Earth's terrestrial surface, and are home to approximately 25% of the global population. Mountains are crucial for life. They offer a wealth of ecosystem functions and services including: freshwater, biodiversity, forest products, minerals, habitats for threatened species, landscapes and cultures of exceptional value.
Yet, such wealth is fragile. Threatened by global and climate change, mountain regions face loss of rare and endangered species, modified water balances (including glacial melt), and changing land use altering socio-economic conditions and the livelihoods of people.
UNESCO-MAB assesses the impacts of global and climate change on fragile mountain ecosystems, using mountain biosphere reserves as sites for study and monitoring
Presentations
- MAB in the Mountains - Prof. Dr. Martin Price
- Monitoring and Studies on Global Change in Mountain Biosphere Reserves - Dr. Thomas Schaaf
- Local and Regional Governance of Mountain MABs An Educational Approach - Sandra Lee Pinel
- Políticas de conservación y desarrollo en la Reserva de Biosfera de las Yungas (Argentina) - Lucio Malizia
- Integrity of Mt. Elgon as a Biosphere Reserve, Water Tower and a Proposed Trans-boundary Biosphere Reserve - Paul Makenzi
- Efectos del Cambio Climático y Adaptación en la Reserva de Biosfera Huascarán - Ricardo Jesús Gómez López
- Tracking snow and weather on Mount Arrowsmith (Canada) - David Witty and Monica Shore
- Observatorio de Cambio Global de la Reserva de Biosfera de Sierra Nevada - Tomás Rueda
- Progresos y Desafíos en dos Reservad de la Biosfera de Chile: RB La Campana-Peñuelas y RB Corredor Biológico Nevados de Chillán - Laguna del Laja - Andrés Moreira-Muñoz, Carlo Sabaini and Pablo San Martín
- Participatory conservation activities involving local stakeholders and international network in Mt. Hakusan Biosphere Reserve, Japan - Yoshihiko Lida
- Global Change and Katunskiy BR (Altai Mountains, Russia) - Tatjana Yashina