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YEAR
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MONTH
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ACTIVITY
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1987
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Publication of the book
Cloud forests in the humid tropics: a bibliographic review.
By Thomas Stadtmuller. The United Nations University, Tokyo and Centro
Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza,
Turrialba, Costa Rica. 81 pp.
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1993
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June
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The Puerto Rico Tropical Cloud Forest
Symposium, (International Institute of Tropical Forestry & East-West
Center at Hawai’i), Puerto Rico)
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1993
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June
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Neotropical Montane Forest Biodiversity
and Conservation Symposium (New York Botanical Garden), New York
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1995
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Publication of the book Tropical Montane
Cloud Forests by Lawrence S. Hamilton, James O. Juvik & Fred
N. Scatena Springer. New York. 407 pp. Re-edition of the book
published by the East-West Center (1993).
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1995
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Publication of the book Biodiversity
and Conservation of Neotropical Montane Forests by Churchill,
S.P., H. Balslev, E. Forero & J.L. Luteyn, eds. The New York Botanical
Garden. Bronx, New York. 702 pp.
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1995
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Publication of the booklet A Campaign
for Cloud Forests. IUCN Focus Series. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
(English, Spanish, French versions).
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1995
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Commencement of WCMC project to compile
a directory and database of TMCF sites worldwide.
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1997
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March
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International Symposium ‘Biodiversity
of Tropical Montane Forests‘ University of Amsterdam & Royal Botanical
Society of the Netherlands), Amsterdam, Holland
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1997
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Publication of the bulletin Tropical
Montane Cloud Forests: An Urgent Priority for Conservation. by
Aldrich, M., Billington, C., Edwards, M. and Laidlaw R. (eds.) WCMC
Biodiversity Bulletin No. 2. World Conservation Monitoring Centre,
UK.
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1997
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Production of A Global Directory of
Tropical Montane Cloud Forests - Draft by Aldrich, M., Billington,
C., Edwards, M. and Laidlaw R. WCMC, UK.
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1998
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July
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Tropical Montane Cloud Forests Planning
and Advisory Workshop. WCMC, Cambridge, UK
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1998
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December
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TMCF Workshop at the III Symposium on
Sustainable Development in the Andean Mountains. (University of Georgia,
Andean Mountain Association, International Mountain Society), Quito,
Ecuador
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1999
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February
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Formation of the Tropical Montane
Cloud Forest Initiative in partnership with WWF, IUCN, WCMC and UNESCO
International Hydrological Programme.
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1999
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March
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Inclusion of TMCF awareness raising within
proposed activities of the International Year of the Mountain in 2002
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1999
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March
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Second International Colloquium On Tropical
Hydrology in Panama City, recommended support of the TMCF Initiative
and establishment of a network of TMCF sites for hydrology and climatology
monitoring.
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1999
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April
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Publication in Nature and widespread
publicity of two papers showing extinction of amphibians and other
population changes at Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Costa Rica
are linked to changing cloud patterns due to climatic warming and
simulation of these effects of climate change.
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1999
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June
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Recognition that mountain cloud forests
are of particular concern amongst forests in environmentally critical
areas by the Third Session of the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests.
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| 1999 - |
July |
Albertine Rift Conservation
Society (ARCOS) Regional Priority-Setting Workshop on Montane Forests.
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1999
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November
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Meeting to produce a Mexican National
Action Plan for Cloud Forest Conservation, organised by Pronatura
Chiapas (pronaturach@lanet.apc.org) and CONABIO (www.conabio.gob.mx).
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2000
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March
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Promotion of TMCF values and awareness
raising at the World Water Forum, Netherlands
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2000
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May
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Central American Cloud Forest Conservation
Planning Workshop - INBio, Tropical Science Center, WWF, IUCN, WCMC
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