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Highlands and drylands : mountains, a source of resilience in arid regions / [editors, Nora Berrahmouni ... [et al.] ; main text, Pedro Regato Pajares].

Title
Highlands and drylands : mountains, a source of resilience in arid regions / [editors, Nora Berrahmouni ... [et al.] ; main text, Pedro Regato Pajares].
Publication
Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ; [Bern] : Centre for Development and Environment of the University of Bern, 2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Berrahmouni, Nora.
  • Pajares, Pedro Regato.
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • Universität Bern. Centre for Development and Environment
Description
113 p. : col. ill., col. maps; 30 cm.
Summary
"Dryland mountains are of great strategic value to regional and global development. They provide up to 90% of the freshwater supply to surrounding dry lowlands with more than a quarter of the world's biodiversity hotspots found in drylands mountains. Yet these mountains regions are under increasing threat from climate change and unsustainable forms of land use, including mining and tourism. This publication presents the socio economy and environment of dryland mountains, the current threats they face, and good practice in sustainable development. It concludes with key messages for policy and decision makers."--Publisher's description.
Subject
  • Arid regions ecology
  • Mountain ecology
  • Mountain watersheds
  • Sustainable development
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9789251068915
  • 9251068917
LCCN
^^2011522800
OCLC
  • 759916082
  • SCSB-12256744
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library