Vanishing Treasures: protecting endangered mountain species

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationEurope Office
dc.coverage.spatialCentral Asia
dc.coverage.spatialDemocratic Republic of the Congo
dc.coverage.spatialUganda
dc.coverage.spatialRwanda
dc.coverage.spatialKyrgyzstan
dc.coverage.spatialTajikistan
dc.coverage.spatialBhutan
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-07T12:54:33Z
dc.date.available2019-02-07T12:54:33Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionThe world’s climate is changing and mountains are on the frontline. As our planet continues to heat up, unique plants and animals struggle to survive in their ever-diminishing and changing mountain habitats. Local communities in mountain regions, who often live in the proximity of wildlife and are dependent on crops and livestock, are faced with great hardships caused by longer dry seasons and hot spells, and more unpredictable weather. As a result, local mountain communities and wildlife find themselves increasingly in conflict over natural resources and space to live in. The Vanishing Treasures programme, which is funded by the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, aims to generate maximum synergy between climate change adaptation and biodiversity conservation by: - improving the adaptive capacity of mountain ecosystems while maintaining related ecosystem services; - protecting mountain flagship species who are key to ecosystem functioning; - promoting alternative livelihoods for local communities.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/27385
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number2 pages
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectmountain ecosystem
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectAdaptation
dc.subjectMountains and Glaciers
dc.subjectSustainable Development
dc.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate Action
dc.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on Land
dc.subject.themeclimate
dc.titleVanishing Treasures: protecting endangered mountain speciesen
dc.typeCommunication or other resource
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000047
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000049

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