Mountain Partnership Secretariat, FOMD
Delegation of Montenegro
7 June 2010
Contents
Why mountains deserve global attention
What is the Mountain Partnership
1992: Rio Earth Summit
Chapter 13 of Agenda 21
Managing Fragile Ecosystems: Sustainable Mountain Development
Why?
� Mountains and upland areas cover some 27% of the surface of the earth
� Home to 12% of the world population
� Of the world’s 1 billion chronically undernourished around 1/3 live in mountain areas
� 26% of world’s population depend directly on mountains
� At least 50% of the planet’s fresh water comes from mountains
Climate change
� water resources for agriculture and
human consumption
� increase of hazards
� tourism
� hydropower
The accelerating loss of mountain snow and
ice cover affects:
2002
� 78 countries with national committees
� National and regional events & initiatives
� Global/regional/national meetings
The Mountain Partnership
A new approach to development…
� Johannesburg – 2002
� Building on existing alliancesand IYM 2002
� Alliance that is voluntary and inclusive (Governments–IGOs–NGOs–Private Sector)
Membership
168 Members:
50 Countries
16 IGOs
102 Major groups
Enhances collaboration and action through ...
All about ACTION:� brokering collaborative activities, projects and
programmes
� facilitating contacts, outreach and sharing of information
� resource mobilization
� advocacy and political support for mountains
Working in several thematic areas...
� Policy and law
� Research
� Sustainable livelihoods
� Watershed management
� Gender
� SARD-M
� Biodiversity
And in different regions...
� Andes
� HKH
� Africa
� Central Asia
� Europe
� N. America
Multi-stakeholder team that services and supports the Mountain Partnership
Decentralized structure:
� multiple hosting institutions
� central coordinating unit at FAO in FOMD
What is the Mountain Partnership Secretariat?
Decentralized hubs of MPS:
� Asia/Pacific (ICIMOD, Kathmandu)
� Latin America (CONDESAN, Lima)
� Central Asia (UCA, Kyrgyzstan) and possible future African hub
plus:
� Environmental Reference Centre – UNEP
� close collaboration with the Mountain Forum
Priority areas for 2010...
� Climate change adaptation
� Biodiversity conservation
� Quality products/value chains
Examples of activities:
IPROMO - International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas
2010 – Protecting Mountain Biodiversity
2009 – Economic opportunities for SMD
2008 – Global changes and SMD
Examples of activities:
� Two events during the CSD18
�sustainable transport and CC initiative
� Event at COP 15 - UNCCC
� Collaboration with the ITA Ministry of Environment
� Publication on “Dryland mountains” with FOMC, CDE and UNCCD Secretariat
Ongoing and future projects
� World Bank project on CC adaptation
� TCP in Ecuador on SMD
� TCP in Morocco on value chain
� TCP in the Andes on governance(to be approved)
Key events 2010 and beyond:
2010:� Official Launch of new set-up (31 Mar 2010)
� CSD 18 Side event mountain transportation (May 2010)
� GMBA Conference: Functional significance of mountain biodiversity (July 2010)
� Perth Conference – Mountains and Global Change(Sept 2010)
� UNCBD COP10 – Nagoya – side event on mountain biodiversity(Oct 2010)
� Ministerial meeting? (Nepal/Kyrgyz Rep)
2011:� Preparatory conference Rio+20
2012:� Rio+20 Summit, IYM+10, Mountain theme at CSD
Information and Communication Services
Brokering, developing and sustainingjoint activities
� disseminating information(online, via email, publications, fact sheets, surveys, UNGA reports)
� connecting members(attending and hosting events)
� promoting exchange of experiences(online advocacy course/Ipromo course and website/broadband case studies )
� knowledge management(funding database)
Communication tools
English – French - Spanish
� Telephone, skype and e-mail
� E-mail distribution lists, d-groups, media lists
� Web site (E-Es-Fr)
� Newsletter (only English now)
� Databases
� New Leaflet (English – French - Spanish)
� Publications
� Events and Meetings
� Resources (e.g. grant proposal guidelines; climate change fact sheets)
Tools in focus
Email distribution lists
� Mountain Partnership members 974 subscribers
� Friends of Mountains849 subscribers
� E-mail alerts and messagingTargetted announcements
Transboundary protected areas in SEE
The ABC(D) of European Mountains
AAlps BBalkans and DDinaric Arc
CCarpathians
COOPERATION ON THE PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF
SOUTH EAST EUROPEAN MOUNTAIN REGIONS – DINARIC ARC AND BALKANS
Dinaric Arc andBalkan Regional Cooperation Process
• Protection and sustainable development of South East European mountain regions
• Trans-boundary approach to foster sub-regional cooperation and reduce individual work load
Dinaric Arc InitiativeDinaric Arc Initiative
� preservation of Dinaric Arc’s wealth and integrity through– establishment of networks of
protected areas– Ecological corridors– conservation of its biological
diversity – sustainable management of
resources� The promotion of intercultural dialogue,
transboundary collaboration� scientific cooperation among the
countries of the region� The integration of environmental
policies across all relevant sectoralinitiatives.
Contact
Rosalaura RomeoProgramme Officer
Mountain Partnership Secretariat, FAO
Tel:+39 06 57055961
E-mail:[email protected]
Web site:www.mountainpartnership.org
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