CENTRAL ASIAThe Great Mountain Game

Gilles RUDAZgilles.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

• Upscaling local mountain development projects

Maps by Zoï Environmental Networkhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/zoienvironment

Conservation International, Biodiversity Hotspots"Mountains of Central Asia".

Map by Zoï Environmental Networkhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/zoienvironment

Source:

Map by Zoï Environmental Networkhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/zoienvironment

Map by Zoï Environmental Networkhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/zoienvironment

Regional Cooperation

1. Mountains, the Water Towers of Central Asia

2. Positioning on the International Agenda

3. Upscaling local mountain development projects

1. MOUNTAINS, The Water Towers of Central Asia

"From the glaciers to the delta"

Map by Zoï Environmental Networkhttp://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".

3. Upscaling Local Mountain Development Projects

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).