FAO's Work on Sustainable Mountain Development and Watershed Management

With its mandate to work on natural resource management, food security, and livelihoods and its attention to the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has played a leading role in sustainable mount...

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Published inMountain research and development Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 66 - 70
Main Authors Manuelli, Sara, Hofer, Thomas, Vita, Alessia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Institute of Geography, University of Bern Hallerstrasse 10, CH–3012 Bern, Switzerland The International Mountain Society 01.02.2014
International Mountain Society
Subjects
Climate change
Collaboration
Ecological sustainability
Environment
Forestry development
Forests
International cooperation
International development
MountainPlatform
Mountains
Natural resources
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable development
Sustainable forest management
Sustainable management
Watershed management
Watersheds
United States
Central Asia
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Summary:With its mandate to work on natural resource management, food security, and livelihoods and its attention to the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has played a leading role in sustainable mountain development for many years. In 1992, FAO was appointed task manager for Chapter 13 of Agenda 21 entitled Managing Fragile Ecosystems: Sustainable Mountain Development (UNCED 1992) and acted as the lead agency for the International Year of Mountains in 2002. FAO is a member of the Mountain Partnership and hosts its Secretariat. From 2003 onward, FAO has also been mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to lead the annual observance of International Mountain Day on 11 December. Every two years, FAO prepares the Secretary General's Report to the United Nations General Assembly, in which it describes the status of sustainable mountain development at the national and international levels and provides suggestions for consideration by the Assembly. This statement reviews the latest actions in FAO's program on sustainable mountain development, watershed management, and forest hydrology, which includes normative work, a strong field program, and support for international processes. In addition, it summarizes the latest achievements of the Mountain Partnership.
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ISSN:0276-4741
1994-7151
DOI:10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-13-00120.1