RESEARCH PROGRAMMES FOR MOUNTAINOUS AREAS  DEVELOPMENT
 

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Integrated Development

"Interact Pro Monte" project http://www.interact.promonte.net/

Alpine Space Programme http://www.alpinespace.org/

Centre for Development and Environment http://www.cde.unibe.ch/Regions.asp 

Cordilleras Hermanas http://www.lamolina.edu.pe/cordillerashermanas

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) http://www.ifad.org/operations/projects/index.htm

INTERREG IIIC Programme, "Euromountains.net" –project http://www.euromountains.net/

Mountain GeoPortal, Informed Decision Making for Integrated Mountain Development  http://menris.icimod.net/

Mountain Oriented Network Technology http://www.uibk.ac.at/diamont/

Mountain Sustainability: Transforming Research into Practice http://www.mountaintrip.eu/

Mountain Voices, Panos Oral Testimony Programme http://www.mountainvoices.org/

MOUNTLAND: Sustainable land-use practices in mountain regions: Integrative analysis of ecosystem dynamics under global change, socio-economic impacts and policy implications, Part of the “Swiss Experiment” e-science platform http://www.cces.ethz.ch/projects/sulu/MOUNTLAND

Projects of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) http://www.icimod.org/?page=prog

Sustainability Indicators for South Tyrol, EURAC http://www.sustainability.bz.it/

The Global Mountain Program (GMP) http://www.cipotato.org/gmp/ 

The Names of the Mountains, INST ("Research Institute for Austrian and International Literature and Cultural Studies", Vienna) Global Project http://www.inst.at/berge/index_e.htm

The SARD-M Project (Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development, Mountain Policy Project) http://www.fao.org/sard/sard-m/

Virtual Montana http://www.virtualmontana.org

Sustainable Development

Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) http://www.asapconnections.org/ 

Electronic Networking for Sustainable Mountain Development http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-9720-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

Implementation of Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development In Alpine Mountains (IMALP) http://www.alpes-du-nord.com/imalp/

Project: «Sustainable development of Caucasus mountain regions - local agenda XXI» http://reports.rusrec.ru/en/node/1085 

Rural Development Project in the Eastern Middle Atlas Mountains http://www.ifad.org/english/operations/pn/mar/i685ma/index.htm

Sustainability of Mountains, University of Manitoba, Canada http://www.umanitoba.ca/institutes/natural_resources/mountain/

The Mountain Project, Dolcelab http://www.dolcelab.org/mountain/

UNU (United Nations University) Project on Sustainable Mountain Development http://www.unu.edu/env/mountains/

Οικονομική αξιοποίηση της φυσικής και πολιτιστικής κληρονομιάς των ορεινών περιοχών της Μεσογείου / INTERREG IIIC SOUTH http://www.mediterritage.eu

Biodiversity / Natural Resources / Climate Change

AdaptAlp: Adaptation to Climate Change in the Alps http://www.adaptalp.org/

AlpEnergyWood Project http://www.alpenergywood.org/

Alpine Safety, Security & Informational Services and Technologies (ASSIST) Project http://www.assist-gmes.org/

Alp-Water-Scarce: Water Management Strategies Against Water Scarcity in the Alps http://www.alpwaterscarce.eu/

ClimAlpTour project http://www.climalptour.eu/

Climate Change Adaptation by Spatial Planning in the Alpine Space (CLISP) http://www.clisp.eu/

Ecconect: Restoring the Web of Life http://www.econnectproject.eu/cms/

Euro-limpacs, valuating the Impacts of Global Change on European Freshwater Ecosystems http://www.eurolimpacs.ucl.ac.uk/

FjällMISTRA - Sustainable management in the mountain region, Sweden http://www.mistra.org/fjallmistraweb

Forests in Sustainable Mountain Development http://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/former-task-forces/5/

Global Change and Mountain Regions (GLOCHAMORE) http://mri.scnatweb.ch/projects/glochamore/

Global Environmental Facility (GEF), Mountain Biodiversity Projects http://www.undp.org/gef/05/portfolio/biodiversity.html

Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) http://gmba.unibas.ch

Global Terrestrial Observing System, the Mountain Module (GTOS) http://www.fao.org/gtos/tems/mod_mou.jsp

Mountain Areas Conservancy Project (MACP) http://www.macp-pk.org

Mountain Biodiversity Portal http://www.mountainbiodiversity.org/

Mountain Biosphere Reserves (MAB UNESCO) http://www.unesco.org/mab/

Mountain Invasions Research Network (MIREN) http://www.miren.ethz.ch

Mountains and Mountain Forests, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre http://www.unep-wcmc.org/habitats/mountains/index.htm

PhenoALP, better understanding of phonological changes due to climate change in Alps http://www.phenoalp.eu/

The Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA) http://www.gloria.ac.at/res/gloria_home/

The UNLV Yucca Mountain Education Project http://esd.lbl. gov/NW/ymp.html

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