Instituto de Montaña
Peru
Description: Instituto de Montaña (IM) is a non governmental organization working over the last 25 years supporting initiatives at the interphase of ecosystem conservation and economic development in partnership with mountain communities in the Andes region of Peru and in close cooperation with partner organizations in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia. We are a multidisciplinary team of diverse social and natural scientists who follow, at the core of their practice, participatory action research approaches. In response to mountain communities' priorities and our own geographic focus we are working on issues of water security and climate change. More specifically, our work centers on the connection between sound management of grasslands and livestock and the improvement of water available for humans, animals and crops; the affirmation of indigenous knowledge and development of mechanisms to foster the dialogue with academic disciplines and the research community; the dissemination Of knowledge and the promotion of policies that recognize and support the contribution that mountain peoples and the multiple services that their cultures and ecosystems offer to the wellbeing of the planet.
Official contact:
Cecilia Turin, PhD
Leader Livestock and Mountain Socio-Ecosystem Research
Address: Vargas Machuca 408, Miraflores, Lima 18, Peru
E-mail:
Tel: +51 (1) 5196117
Staff members involved:
Working Packages: WP4-Building a multi-stakeholder ISDH decision-support Platform (DSP)
Category: Third-Country-party
Links:
- Website: https://mountain.org/ or https://mountain.pe/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheMountainInstitute/ or https://www.facebook.com/InstitutoDeMontana/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheMountainInst
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-mountain-institute
Mountain People Livestock. Photo: Elmer Segura - IM
