Who we are
“We are a group of scientists and professionals concerned about the neglect to support sustainable use & well being of mountains, their people, their ecosystems, their cultures, their health, their diversity and their spirit. ”
We are concerned with maintaining or restoring health and wellbeing to mountain regions of the earth and its people by promoting key themes neglected by mainstream research and development in mountain for which we have or can easily obtain needed expertise . For this reason, we are against promotion of evermore destructive, extractive use of mountain resources with few or negative benefits for mountain inhabitants, conducted without concern for to the environment, which we believe is detrimental ultimately also to national and international stability and security
We established GMA as a not for profit association set up in 2009 in the Tessin, Switzerland with offices in Ethiopia, Peru and Switzerland. The GMA acts as a platform to facilitate activities of its members compatible within a common philosophical framework
The GMA is funded by member contributions as per capacity to contribute, and retains an overhead for externally funded assignments of members under the umbrella of GMA. The association uses these funds to fund other actions.
