Opportunities/Advantages

Diversity - The region is unique because of its great variety of environmental conditions, which is reflected in its

Opportunities-The mountains provide a "niche" or opportunity for development in which they have comparative advantages. Examples of such opportunities are:

Human Resources - The people of the region are its strongest asset. Despite cultural, ethnic, and institutional diversity they have coped with the harsh environment by developing mountain-specific adaption mechanisms for their technologies, community-based natural resources' management systems, and traditional practices of ethno-engineering and indigenous knowledge systems.


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