Welcome to the Mountain Forum Online Library! This Library is a collection of material focused on sustainable mountain development issues in an electronic form. It was established in 1996, with members of the Forum contributing academic articles, abstracts, features, reports, theses, bibliographic references and web resources, amongst others.

About the Library

The resources in the Library are of several types, and include full-text documents, bibliographic references, periodicals, and reference material. Each of these can be accessed by using the relevant links on the left of this page. The material in the Library is mostly in English, with some in French, Spanish and Russian as well. We hope to build the non-English language content considerably.

We encourage visitors to use the Library to its fullest potential, both by seeking out relevant material as well as by contributing their own material to the Library. You can contribute material by clicking here. It is this spirit of sharing which has given the Library its depth, and we hope that this will continue in the years to come.

New Features

All full-text documents have been formatted in a standard manner and are available for downloading in MS Word or PDF formats
All full-text documents carry mandatory information to provide credibility to the document
Key words have been added to each full-text document to give you more efficient search results
Abstracts of full-text documents are provided where available

Contact the Library

If you have any questions, or have any problems in accessing or contributing material, please contact us at:

Tel: +977-1-500 3222
Fax: +977-1-500 3277
Email: library[at]mtnforum[dot]org

Latest additions to the library

Livelihoods in transition: Changing land use strategies and ecological implications in a post-Soviet setting (Kyrgyzstan) - Jyldyz Shigaeva; Michael Kollmair; Peter Niederer; Daniel Maselli;

Increasing the resilience of poor communities to cope with the impact of climate change - Dinanath Bhandari;

Recycling plastics - Practical Action;

Early warning systems in Nepal: Strengthening the capacity of communities to manage early warning systems to reduce the impacts of floods - Practical Action;

Dead level contours - Douglas Gumbo;

Biomass - Liz Bates;

Biogas and liquid biofuels - Liz Bates;

Appropriate household energy technology development - Lydia Muchiri; May Sengendo;

Bicycles - Practical Action;

Monitoring indoor air pollution - Practical Action;

Smoke and health in Kenya: Smoke hoods – a practical solution - Practical Action;

Smoke and health in Nepal: Healthier home heating - Practical Action;

Pack transport with donkeys - Practical Action;

Aerial ropeways of Nepal - Practical Action;

Ecological sanitation: A concept - Practical Action;

Reuse of faeces and urine from ecological sanitation - Niall Boot;

Types of toilet and their suitability - Niall Boot;

Food security and climate change: The answer is biodiversity - A review of scientific publications on climate change adaptation in agriculture - Janet Cotter; Reyes Tirado;

National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Amendment Bill - Republic of South Africa;

Human development in mountain regions of Kyrgyzstan - UNDP Kyrgyzstan;

Global change research in mountain biosphere reserves - Mountain Research Initiative (MRI);

Global change in mountain regions: The Perth Declaration - Open Science Conference on Global Change in Mountain Regions;

The GLORIA field manual: Multi-summit approach - Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments;

Global Change and Mountain Regions (GLOCHAMORE) Research Strategy - Astrid Björnsen Gurung;

Global change research network for African mountains - Mountain Research Initiative (MRI);

High priorities: GEF’s contribution to conserving and sustaining mountain ecosystems - Sheila Walsh;

SARD and mountain regions - Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (SARD Mountains 2002);

Biodiversity bibliography: Economics of forest and mountain biodiversity - Gopal Kadekodi; Madhumita Mishra;

Sustainable land use and natural resource management in mountain regions - Martin F Price; Astrid Björnsen Gurung; Daniel Maselli; Pablo Dourojeanni;

The Global Mountain Program Annual Report 2005 - Global Mountain Program;

The Mountain Partnership: Activities and achievements 2006 - Mountain Partnership Secretariat;

Invisible CO2 gas killing trees at Mammoth Mountain, California - U.S. Geological Survey;

Future eruptions in California’s Long Valley area: What’s likely? - U.S. Geological Survey;

Living with a restless caldera: Long Valley, California - U.S. Geological Survey;

Types and effects of volcano hazards - U.S. Geological Survey;

Volcanic gases and their effects - U.S. Geological Survey;

Mountain development in south Asia - Chenkyab Dorji;

Eviter la déforestation et la dégradation - Richard Wainwright;

Avoiding deforestation and degradation: Walking the tightrope to success - Richard Wainwright;

Conference on indigenous peoples and climate change - International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs;

Cloud forest agenda - Philip Bubb; Ian May; Lera Miles; Jeff Sayer;

A global overview of mountain protected areas on the World Heritage list - Jim Thorsell; Lawrence S. Hamilton;

Global Forest Partnership: A partnership proposal in conservation and sustainable use of the world’s forests - World Bank, US;

Predicting malaria’s changing course in East Africa - Ochieng Rapuro;

Gender and climate change: Mapping the linkages - Alyson Brody; Justina Demetriades; Emily Esplen;

Human tide: The real migration crisis - Christian Aid, UK;

SYFA Portfolio: Your future is in your hands - Farmer Tantoh;

Climate guide - Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre;

Promoting value chains of neglected and underutilized species for pro-poor growth and biodiversity conservation - Margret Will;

Trade and sustainable development: The emerging issues - Catherine McCloskey;