Geology → Mountains
Organizations relating to Mountains
Alpine Tourist Commission / Est. 1954
International Commission for Alpine Rescue / Zurich, Switzerland / Est. 1948
World Mountain Running Association / Ljubljana, Slovenia
African Highland Initiative Eco-regional Programme / Est. 1995
European Observatory of Mountain Forests / Chambéry, France
International Foundation of the High Altitude Research Stations Jungfraujoch and Gornergrat / Bern, Switzerland / Est. 1930
International Alliance of Mountain Film / Turin, Italy / Est. 2000
Mountain Institute, The / Washington DC, USA / Est. 1972
Mountain Gorilla and Rainforest Direct Aid / Mülheim, Germany / Est. 1981
Centro di Ecologia Alpina / Viote del Monte Bondone, Italy / Est. 1992
International Mountain Explorers Connection / Boulder CO, USA / Est. 1996
Aspen International Mountain Foundation / Aspen CO, USA / Est. 2001
Global Mountain Action / Orselina, Switzerland / Est. 2009
Andean Mountain Association / Est. 2001
East Asia Pacific Mountain Association
Asian-Pacific Society for Mountain Medicine
Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research / Zurich, Switzerland / Est. 1939
Alpine Garden Society / Pershore, UK / Est. 1929
Protocol for the Implementation of the Alpine Convention in the Field of Mountain Forests / Est. 1996
Protocole D'application de la Convention Alpine de 1991 dans le Domaine de L' Energie / Est. 1998
European Charter on Mountain Regions / Est. 1995
Protocol for the Implementation of the Alpine Convention in the Field of Mountain Agriculture / Est. 1994
Protocole de L'application de la Convention Alpine de 1991 dans le Domaine de la Protection des Sols / Est. 1998
Protocole D'application de la Convention Alpine de 1991 dans le Domaine du Tourisme / Est. 1998
Protocol for the Implementation of the Alpine Convention in the Field of Transport / Est. 2000
Protocol for the Implementation of the Alpine Convention in the Field of Nature Protection and Landscape Conservation / Est. 1994
Protocol for the Implementation of the Alpine Convention in the Field of Town and Country Planning and Sustainable Development / Est. 1994
Mountain Wilderness / Rome, Italy / Est. 1987
International Mountain Laboratory / Moscow, Russia
INTEGRALP / Le Bourget-du-Lac, France
African Mountain Forum / Kampala, Uganda / Est. 1999
Association des régions montagneuses en Afrique
Club européen du Scottish Fold et de l'Highland Fold / Montigny-le-Tilleul, Belgium
Highland Association / Inverness, UK / Est. 1891
Association centrale pour l'aménagement des montagnes
Alpines International / Tacoma WA, USA / Est. 1958
Association des châlets internationaux de haute montagne
Montagnes du monde / Amonines, Belgium
Regional Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
ESF Network on Alpine Biodiversity
Assembly of Mountain People of the Caucasus
European Mountain Council
EFGP Alpine Greens
International Corporate Funding for the Alpine Environment / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1989
International Mountain Rescue Committee / Est. 1966
International Centre for Alpine Environments / Riventosa, France / Est. 1987
Commission internationale européenne des communes forestières et communes de montagne
International Mountain Rescue Doctors
Internationaal Documentatiecentrum voor Nederlandstalige Literatuur, Heist-op-den-Berg / Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium
Europäische Föderation der Rinderrassen des Alpensystems / Gressan, Italy / Est. 1992
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World Problems relating to Mountains
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialThreatened polar desert habitats
Geographically isolated settlements
Hypoxia
Deforestation of mountainous regions
Degradation of mountain environment by leisure activities
Threatened alpine habitats
Threatened species of Puma concolor couguar
Action Strategies relating to Mountains
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialProtecting mountain habitats
Improving management systems for highland valleys
Identifying mountain areas threatened by pollution
Expanding research on mountain ecosystems
Developing a multidisciplinary ecological knowledge base on mountain ecosystems
Financing alternative livelihoods in mountain areas
Improving international coordination on mountain development
Diversifying mountain economies
Training mountain communities in integrated environmental management
Establishing global monitoring system for mountain zone management
Managing rainforest succession for agriculture
Conserving mountain species
Conserving Eastern Himalayas alpine meadow ecoregion
Conserving Central Asian mountain temperate forest and scrub ecoregion
Conserving Mt Kinabalu montane and alpine scrub and forest ecoregion
Conserving Scandinavian alpine tundra and taiga ecoregion
Conserving Albertine Rift highland forest ecoregion
Conserving East African highland forest ecoregion
Depopulating mountainous regions
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