In order to set in motion the development of an enhanced mountain agenda for Africa, international experts, researchers and journalists from Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe met in Mbale, Uganda, for three days (November 2011). Together, they discussed the increasing challenges and opportunities involved in the sustainable development of mountain regions as part of the "Strategic Initiative for Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Development in Mountain Regions". The meeting was jointly organized by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), with support from the World Bank.
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