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Central Asia The Great Mountain Game Gilles Rudaz gilles.rudaz@unige.ch. http://www.mergili.at/worldimages/picture.php?/4336/category/2. Outline. Overview of the region and its mountains Mountains , the Water Towers of Central Asia Positioning on the International Agenda
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Central AsiaThe Great Mountain GameGillesRudazgilles.rudaz@unige.ch http://www.mergili.at/worldimages/picture.php?/4336/category/2
Outline Overview of the region and itsmountains Mountains, the Water Towers of Central Asia Positioning on the International Agenda Upscaling local mountaindevelopmentprojects
Maps by ZoïEnvironmental Network http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoienvironment
Conservation International, BiodiversityHotspots "Mountains of Central Asia". Map by ZoïEnvironmental Network http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoienvironment
Source: Map by ZoïEnvironmental Network http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoienvironment
Map by ZoïEnvironmental Network http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoienvironment
RegionalCooperation Mountains, the Water Towers of Central Asia Positioning on the International Agenda Upscaling local mountaindevelopmentprojects
1. MOUNTAINS, The Water Towers of Central Asia "From the glaciers to the delta" Map by ZoïEnvironmental Network http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoienvironment
From Independence 1991-1992 to UNCED 1992 2. Positioning on the International Agenda Regional Sustainable Development Strategy of Central Asia (2009) : "prosperity of the Central-Asian region depends in many aspects on the health condition of the Pamir and Tien Shan mountainous ecosystems".
Conclusion “the Central Asian mountains provide an astonishing array of essential ecosystem goods and services not only to mountain inhabitants but also to people in the lowlands and around the globe” (CA Rio+20 Report, 2012, p.6).