In-session discussions during the 1st Africa Regional Mountain Forum at Arusha, Tanzania in 2014
Participants of the 1st Africa Regional Mountain Forum posing for a group photo.
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In 2014, ARCOS and its partners organized the first Africa Regional Mountain Forum (ARMF), an event that was held in Arusha, Tanzania, under the theme: “Towards a shared mountain agenda for Africa”. The forum offered an opportunity for stakeholders to discuss ways to integrate mountains in ongoing development agenda at national and regional levels and to enhance collaboration for
As the host of the 2nd Africa Regional Mountain Forum that was held in Kigali on 12-14 September 2018, Rwanda pledges to support Sustainable Mountain Development (SMD) initiatives in the country and develop legal instruments to mainstream SMD into the overall national development agen...
Around 3 million hectares of forest are lost every year in Africa and 65 percent of land on the continent is affected by degradation resulting in an annual loss of 3 percent of GDP from soil and nutrient depletion. Most of these areas affected by degradation in Africa are mountainous ...
East Africa’s mountains support large human populations. The Ugandan side of Mount Elgon, for instance, has an average population density of 900 people per square kilometre. The Rwandan side of the Virunga massif also harbours the highest density of population in a country that is a...
The Albertine Rift has recently been the centre of major developments in terms of infrastructure development projects, oil exploration, and many other projects in agriculture, energy and transport sectors. These projects may represent a potential threat to biodiversity, and ecosystem ...
