From Fragmented to Integrated Knowledge for Sustainable Water and Land Management and Governance in Highland–Lowland Contexts

Isabelle Providoli; Gete Zeleke; Boniface Kiteme; Andreas Heinimann; Susanne Wymann von Dach

doi:10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-17-00079.1

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1 August 2017 From Fragmented to Integrated Knowledge for Sustainable Water and Land Management and Governance in Highland–Lowland Contexts

Isabelle Providoli, Gete Zeleke, Boniface Kiteme, Andreas Heinimann, Susanne Wymann von Dach

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Mountain Research and Development, 37(3):377-380 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-17-00079.1

Abstract

The crucial role mountain ecosystems play for mountain communities and people living in the lowlands is emphasized by the 3 mountain-specific targets of Agenda 2030 (targets 6.6, 15.1, and 15.4). To achieve these targets, sound and integrated knowledge is needed for policy- and decision-making that fosters sustainable management of water and land resources in mountain areas, including equitable negotiation of trade-offs between stakeholders. The Water and Land Resources Centres in Kenya and Ethiopia and the recently approved Global Land Programme working group on Land Systems for Mountain Futures are just 2 of a number of initiatives launched by the Centre for Development and Environment and its partners to integrate and share knowledge for evidence-informed policies and practices aimed at safeguarding key mountain ecosystem services.

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Isabelle Providoli, Gete Zeleke, Boniface Kiteme, Andreas Heinimann, and Susanne Wymann von Dach "From Fragmented to Integrated Knowledge for Sustainable Water and Land Management and Governance in Highland–Lowland Contexts," Mountain Research and Development 37(3), 377-380, (1 August 2017). https://doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-17-00079.1

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