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Introduction

1. Mountain Diversity-A Global Heritage
   Eva M. Spehn and Christian Körner


Features

2. Are Ethiopian Highlands changing? Amphibians as Ecosystem Indicators
   Loader, Abebe Mengistu, Silvia Schwaller, David Gower, Peter Nagel, Abebe Getahun, Samy Saber and Roman Kassahun
3. PARADISE LOST? Conservation of Mount Marsabit Forest Ecosystem, Northern Kenya
   Wario R. Adano
4. Responses to Threats and Impacts on the Outstanding Biodiversity Values of Low-Altitude Mountains in South Western Australia
   Anne Cochrane, Sarah Barrett and John Watson
5. Impacts of Armed Conflict on Mountain Biodiversity: Experiences from Nepal
   Bishnu Upreti
6. Conservation of Agrobiodiversity through Traditionally Cultivating "Barahnaja" in the Garhwal Himalaya, India
   Vishwambhar Prasad Sati
7. Biodiversity Conservation and Crop Improvement in a Fragile Agro-Ecosystem: Insights from Guangxi, China
   Song Yiching, Zhang Shihuang, with Ronnie Vernooy
8. Intensified Sheep Grazing Decreases the Biodiversity of Alpine Grasslands in the Carpathians, Romania
   Bruno Baur
9. Main Threats to Mountain Biodiversity in Georgia
   George Nakhutsrishvili, Maia Akhalkatsi and Otar Abdaladze
10. Recent Change of Alpine Vegetation and Plant Species Richness in the Swedish Scandes
    Leif Kullman
11. Mountain Biodiversity, Genetic Resources and Cultures
    Promila Kapoor, Vijay
12. Spread of Non-Native Plant Species into Mountains: Now is the Time to Act
    Keith McDougall, Sylvia Haider, Tim Seipel, Christoph Kueffer and MIREN Consortium
13. Changes in Biodiversity Patterns in the High Andes - Understanding the Consequences and Seeking Adaptation to Global Change
    Anton Seimon, Karina Yager, Tracie Seimon, Steve Schmidt, Alfredo Grau, Stephan Beck, Carolina García, Alfredo Tupayachi, Preston Sowell, Jerry Touval and Stephan Halloy
14. Protection of the Cloud Forests and Their Biodiversity in the Coastal Cordillera of Venezuela
    Winfried Meier


Interview

15. Transboundary Landscape Conservation in the Eastern Himalaya - Interview with Dr. Nakul Chettri
    Samuel Thomas and Ujol Sherchan


Member Initiatives

16. Global Mountain Biodiversity
    Eva Spehn
17. Global Change in Mountain Regions: The Mountain Research Initiative
    Claudia Drexler
18. ICIMOD's International Conference, Workshops on Mountain Biodiversity
    ICIMOD
19. Biodiversity and Climate Change Research Programme of the Snow and Mountain Research Centre of Andorra (CENMA)
    Marta Doménech
20. Climate Change and Biodiversity in the European Union Overseas Entities
    Guilluame Prudent
21. Caribou of the Canadian Rockies: Understanding Environmental Change in the Context of Conservation and Evolution
    Byron Weckworth
22. Thoughts on the Food Crisis in the Andes
    Judith Kuan Cubillas, Consultora de CONDESAN
23. Invertebrate Monitoring at GLORIA Target Regions: The First Results From the Urals and Need for Global Networking
    Yuri Mikhailov
24. Walking through My Land: A Little Sparrow
    Walter Bishop
25. Metsovion Interdisciplinary Research Centre Database (MIRC)
    Angeliki Geronteli, on behalf of the N.T.U.A., M.I.R.C.
26. Technological Innovation Servicing Biodiversity
    Lourdes Chuquipiondo (RAMP PERU)
27. Birds from the Albertine Rift
    Michel Louette (RMCA)
28. Agrobiodiversity in the Alps: Establishment of a Long-Term Monitoring System
    Elli Broxham
29. Project Snow Leopard: Participatory Conservation Model for the Indian Himalaya
    Pranav Trivedi
30. The Importance of Mediterranean Alpine Biodiversity in Central Spain
    Rosario Gavilán and Alba Gutiérrez Girón
31. New Views of the Tibetan Plateau and Himalaya for Conserving Biodiversity
    Daniel J. Miller
32. Vegetation Types of the Endangered Eastern Ghats Mountain Ecosystem in Southern Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, India
    G Areendran, Prakash Rao and Krishna Raj
33. Useful Resources for Mountain Biodiversity