ORGANISATIONS FOR MOUNTAINOUS AREAS DEVELOPMENT
International
Commission for the Protection of the Alps http://www.cipra.org/ International
Ev-K2-CNR Committee http://www.evk2cnr.org/
HIMALANDES Initiative http://www.comminit.com/experiences/pds04-17-99/experiences-205.html
IGU Mountain Commission http://www.giub.uni-bonn.de/igu-mountains.de/
International Centre for Alpine Environments (ICALPE) http://www.icalpe.org/
International Friends of Nature http://www.nfi.at
Mountain Forum http://www.mtnforum.org/
Mountain Lakes Organization http://www.mountain-lakes.org/
Mountain Partnership http://www.mountainpartnership.org/
Mountain Project, The Premier Resource for the Climbing and Mountaineering Community http://www.mountainproject.com/
Mountains and People of the World http://www.crescentefertil.org.br/gentemontanas/
On-line library με διευθύνσεις οργανώσεων και ομάδων σε όλο τον κόσμο που ασχολούνται με την ορεινή ανάπτυξη http://www.mtnforum.org/rs/ol.cfm
People and Planet Magazine Website http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=966§ion=11
Sacred Sites International Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of sacred sites and their traditional cultures http://www.sacred-sites.org/
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) http://www.deza.admin.ch
Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (SAEFL) http://www.bafu.admin.ch/
Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites (TEMS) – Mountains http://www.fao.org/gtos/tems/mod_mou.jsp
The Centre for Alpine Studies, Canada http://www.forestry.ubc.ca/alpine/
The International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA), Access and Conservation Commission, Mountain Protection Commission http://www.uiaa.ch
The Mountain Fund http://www.mountainfund.org/
The Mountain Institute http://www.mountain.org/
The Mountain Protected Areas Network http://www.mountains-wcpa.org/index.htm
The Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) http://mri.scnatweb.ch/
World Mountain Encyclopedia http://www.peakware.com/
World Mountain People Association http://www.mountainpeople.org/
Διαδικτυακό block για την ανάπτυξη των ορεινών περιοχών http://www.myspace.com/mountainareadevelopment
Europe
AlpenForum http://www.alpenforum.org
Alpine Environment, European Academy of Bolzano, Italy http://www.eurac.edu/Org/AlpineEnvironment/index
Alps Adriatic Working Committee (ARGE Alpen-Adria) http://www.alpeadria.org
Balkan Foundation for Sustainable Development (BFSD) http://www.balkanfoundation.org/
Association for Development of Mountain Municipalities of Republic of Bulgaria http://www.bulmonte.org
Carpathian Heritage Society, Poland http://www.carpathians.pl
Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN) http://www.cenn.org
Centre for Alpine Ecology, Italy http://www.cealp.it/
Commission on Mountain Cartography http://www.mountaincartography.org/
Commission on Mountain Cartography http://www.mountaincartography.org/
Environment for Europe: Biodiversity and sustainable development in mountain areas http://www.environmentforeurope.org/themes/biodiversity.html
Euromontana is a European association for co-operation between mountain regions http://www.euromontana.org/
European Association of Elected Representatives from Mountain Areas (AEM) http://www.promonte-aem.net/AEM/en/
European Parliament Intergroup 174, Mountains, islands and sparsely populated areas http://intergroup174.com/
Federal Institute for Less-favoured and Mountainous Areas, Vienna, Austria http://www.bergbauern.net/
Fondazione Courmayeur Mont Blanc http://www.fondazionecourmayeur.it/
Friends of the Pyrenees http://www.pyrenees-pireneos.org/
Groupement Suisse pour les régions de montagne (Swiss Centre of Mountain Regions) http://www.sab.ch
Highlands and Islands Enterprise, UK http://www.hie.co.uk/
Hill and Mountain Research Centre, The Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) http://www.sac.ac.uk/research/sls/about/hmrc/
Information Service for Mountain Products, Europe http://www.mountainproducts-europe.org
Institute of Mountain Research: Man and Environment (IGF) University of Innsbruck, Austria http://www.uibk.ac.at/igf/index.html
Institute of Mountain Risk Engineering, Vienna http://www.baunat.boku.ac.at/488.html
ISCAR - International Scientific Committee on Research in the Alps http://www.alpinestudies.ch/iscar/
Italian National Institute for Mountains (Istituto Nazionale della Montagna - IMONT) http://www.imont.gov.it/
Kids for the Alps http://www.kids-for-the-alps.net
L'Institut de la Montagne, University of Savoy, France http://www.institut-montagne.org/
Metsovion Interdisciplinary Research Center (M.I.R.C.) of the N.T.U.A. for the protection and development of mountainous environment and local European cultures http://old.ntua.gr/MIRC
Montanea Association, France http://www.montanea.org
Mountain Agriculture Research Unit, University of Innsbruck, Austria http://www2.uibk.ac.at/berglandwirtschaft/
Mountain Portal, IYM Italy http://www.montagna.org
Mountain Research Group, Royal Geographical Society with The Institute Of British Geographers http://www.cms.uhi.ac.uk/rgsmrg/index.htm
National Association for Mountain Rural Development – ROMONTANA, Romania http://www.romontana.org/index.php
National Association for the Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions in the Republic of Macedonia http://www.makmontana.org/
Nordic Centre for Spatial Development (NORDREGIO) http://www.nordregio.se
Portal for the mountains of Spain http://www.spainmountains.com
Pro-Mont Blanc for the protection and development of the Mont Blanc region in France, Switzerland and Italy http://www.pro-mont-blanc.org/
Research Institute for Ecology and Economy applied to Alpine Areas (Italy) (IREALP) http://www.irealp.it/
SEEmore, South Eastern European Mountain Research Network http://mri.scnatweb.ch/networks/mri-europe/south-eastern-europe/
Society of Alpine Economics of Upper Savoy, France http://www.echoalp.com/
Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, Davos http://www.slf.ch/
The Alpine Convention http://www.convenzionedellealpi.org/
The Alpine Ecological Network http://www.alpine-ecological-network.org/
The Alpine Network http://www.alparc.org/
The Carpathian Convention http://www.carpathianconvention.org/
The Carpathian Ecoregion Initiative http://www.carpates.org/
The Centre for Mountain Studies, Perth College http://www.cms.uhi.ac.uk
The European Observatory of Mountain Forests http://www.eomf.org/
The Information Service for the Alps http://www.alpmedia.net
The Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus (REC Caucasus) http://www.rec-caucasus.org/
The Swiss Alpine Studies Website http://www.alpinestudies.ch/
UNCEM: National Union of Mountain Municipalities, Communities and Authorities, Italy http://www.uncem.it/
University of the Highlands and Islands (UMI), UΗΙ Millennium Institute http://www.uhi.ac.uk
Πανεπιστήμιο των Ορέων, Αστική μη Κερδοσκοπική Εταιρία http://www.panoreon.gr/
America
Appalachian Center for Economic Networks (ACEnet) http://www.acenetworks.org
Appalachian Mountain Club http://www.outdoors.org/
Appalachian Studies Association http://www.appalachianstudies.org/
Appalachian Sustainable Development http://www.appsusdev.org
Banff Centre for Mountain Culture (CMC) http://www.banffcentre.ca/mountainculture/
Blue Mountain Project http://www.bluemountainproject.org/
Brushy Fork Institute, Berea USA http://www.berea.edu/brushyforkinstitute/
Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia (CSEGA) http://www.marshall.edu/csega/
Central. Appalachian Network http://www.cannetwork.org
Consortium for the Sustainable Development of Andean Ecorregion (CONDESAN) http://www.condesan.org/
EcoAndina Foundation http://www.ecoandina.org
Georgia Mountains Area Planning and Development Commission (now known as the Georgia Mountains Regional Development Center) http://www.gmrdc.org/
http://www.h-net.org/~appalach/ H-Appalachia, a member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine
http://www.savemtholyokerange.com Save the Mountain is a grass-roots organization committed to the preservation of the Mt. Holyoke range
H-Appalachia, a member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine http://www.h-net.org/~appalach/
International Geographical Union. Study Group "Diversity in Mountain Systems" http://www.geographie.uni-freiburg.de/igu-mountain/
Interpretive Guides Association http://www.mphia.org
Mountain Area Information Network. The information network for Western North Carolina http://www.main.nc.us/
Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED) http://www.maced.org
Mountain Geography Specialty Group (MGSG) http://www.umt.edu/aagmountains/
Mountain Heritage Center http://www.wcu.edu/mhc/
Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Station http://www.agr.state.nc.us/research/mhcrs.htm
Mountain Magazine http://www.mountainmagazine.com
Mountain Nature http://www.mountainnature.com/
Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust http://www.mtsgreenway.org/
Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK) http://www.nrmsc.usgs.gov/
Rocky Mountain Institute http://www.rmi.org/
Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (RM-CESU) http://www.cfc.umt.edu/CESU/
Rural Action has projects in Ohio Appalachia http://www.ruralaction.org
Rural Resources: Sustaining Appalachia’ s Family Farms http://ruralresources.net/
The American Himalayan Foundation http://www.himalayan-foundation.org
The Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) http://instaar.colorado.edu/
The Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center http://www.mountshastaecology.org/
The Mountain Portal http://www.mountain-portal.co.uk
The Mountain Research Station, Colorado http://www.colorado.edu/mrs/stat.html
The Mountain Studies Institute (MSI), Silverton, Colorado http://www.mountainstudies.org
The Spruce Knob Mountain Center (SKMC) http://www.mountain.org/work/skmc/index.cfm
Western Mountain Initiative, A Network of Mountain Protected Areas for Global Change Research http://www.cfr.washington.edu/research.fme/wmi/
White Mountain Research Station, University of California http://www.wmrs.edu/
Asia
Academy for Mountain Environics http://education.vsnl.com/environics/
Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) http://www.akdn.org/
Alpine Fund is a small NGO in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan http://www.alpinefund.org/
Asia Pacific Mountain Network http://apmn.icimod.org/
CAMP Alatoo, promoting sustainable development in the mountain regions of Kyrgyzstan http://www.camp.kg/
CEE Himalaya, Centre for Environment Education, India http://www.ceehimalaya.org/
Centre for Integrated Mountain Research (CIMRS), University of the Punjab, Pakistan http://www.pu.edu.pk/departments/default.asp?deptid=50
Committee for Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas (CEMMA), Vietnam http://www.unodc.un.or.th/ad/addetail.asp?did=27
Cool Mountain Education Fund http://www.coolmountainfund.com
G. B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development http://gbpihed.gov.in/
Himalayan Adventure Institute http://www.himadven.com/museum.html
Iran Mountain Zone (IMZ) http://www.mountainzone.ir/
Kathmandu Environmental Education Project http://www.keepnepal.org/
Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development, Nepal http://www.libird.org/
Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (MCME), Philippines http://www.laguna.net/mcme/
Mountain Legacy is a non-governmental organization based in Nepal and dedicated to the cultural and natural conservation of remote mountainous regions http://www.mountainlegacy.org/
Society for Environment, Wildlife Action and Awareness (SEWAA) http://uttarakhand.prayaga.org/SEWAA/
Society for Integrated Development of Himalayas (SIDH) http://www.sidhsri.com/
The Mountain Trust http://www.mountain-trust.org/
The School for Mountain Studies, Nepal & Peru. http://www.mountain.org/work/andes/tourism/asms.cfm
Africa
Mountain Conservation Society of Tanzania (MCST) http://www.mtnforum.org/mo/index.cfm?pID=282
The African Mountain Association (ΑΜΑ) http://www.madagascar-mountain.org/ama.htm
