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Millennium Development Goals) does not adequately refl ect the vital role
that mountains have in sustainable development. At this point, it is crucial
that the targets be amended to ensure that mountains remain a priority
through to 2030. There are some regional and global initiatives looking at
furthering research and developing strategies for mountain communities.
The Mountain Partnership sponsored by FAO play signifi cant role in
inter-connecting these various regional and global initiatives. Regional
information networks need to be established which would act as effective
learning and awareness generation forums between specialists, civil society
organizations, and government agencies and to support capacity building
activities through focussed education, training and research (as suggested
by different authors such as Tiwari and Joshi, Pathak in the topic). Further,
in order to build resilient mountain social-ecological systems, the support
and cooperation of civil society, including Non-Government Organisations
(NGOs), Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), the private sector, educational
and research institutions would be inevitable. These institutions play
effective role in sensitizing policy planners, decision makers and society
at large about the importance and signifi cance of mountain ecosystems
in sustaining global society as well as about their fragility, marginality,
vulnerability and the emerging opportunities.
Endnotes
1. http://www.cbd.int/iyb/doc/prints/iyb-eu-biodiversitymessages-
mountainecosystems-en.pdf.
2. Conclusions of a regional Technical Meeting on Climate Change
impacts, adaptation and development in Mountain Regions. Organised
by the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile, the Mountain
Partnership, FAO, and the World Bank. 26-28 October 2011. Santiago
de Chile.
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