Mountains of the World: A Global Priority.(Review)(Brief Article)

The Geographical Journal | November 1, 1999| | Copyright

Mountains of the World: A Global Priority. Edited by B. MESSERLI and J.D. IVES. New York: Parthenon, 1997, 495 pp. [pounds]48.00. ISBN 1 85070 781 2

One of the successes of the 1992 Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit was the prominence given to the 'Mountain Agenda' and the acceptance of Chapter 13, 'Managing Fragile Ecosystems: Sustainable Mountain Development' of Agenda 21. This book was produced partly to assist the Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York in 1997, and to keep the Mountain Agenda firmly in the public eye. This aim it has ...

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