Mountain Future

Jianchu Xu, PhD Principal Scientist & Regional Coordinator, ICRAF East & Central Asia

Professor, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Presented at Our Common Future under Climate Change 7-10 July 2015, Paris

Participatory visioning and register of good anthropocene

Global Mountains

Origin of Himalayas

The role of plants and crops in anthropocene

Lewis and Maslin (2015) Nature 519: 171-180

Year 1610: exchange of crops between old and new world

The quality of life in the future depends on the balance between ecosystem

services and food

The planet is powered by plants and micro-organisms

National Geography

Yak was domesticated by Tibetans in 10,000 years ago (Guo 2008)

The Scale of the Biodiversity Crisis Human transformation of the biosphere

The Scale of the Biodiversity Crisis Human transformation of the biosphere

Monastersky R. 2015. Nature 519: 144-147

Land Use Intensity

Snow Leopard Landscapes (SLL) identified in 12 range state countries in Asian mountain region Global Snow Leopard & Ecosystem Protection Program

Man, Nature and Culture

Landscape Livelihood

Human

Participatory Visioning & Register of Good Anthropocene

Good anthropocene is a positive adaptation to change

Whose Register

Tibetan Agro-pasture

Traditional Agro-pasture by Naxi

Cliff bee honey collection by Lisu, a traditional hunting and gathering society in northwest Yunnan

Upland Agriculture with Wildlife in Yi Village

Vertical landscape of Yao in Southern Yunnan

Dai’s Duck Farm

Paddy-Fish Farm

Well-Being for Individual

A Harmony Community

International Conference on Mountains in the Anthropocene

8-10 March 2016, Kunming, P.R. China

Co-Organized by

Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences World Agroforestry Centre

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development Mountain Society Research Institute

Conference Main themes

Theme 1: Assessment of Climate Change

Theme 2: Dynamic Sustainability

Theme 3: Water Governance

Theme 4: Mainstreaming the marginalized

Thanks

Contact: Jianchu Xu, email: J.C.Xu@cgiar.org