GLOBAL MOUNTAIN ACTION 
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Bringing attention to KEY NEGLECTED THEMES crucial to mountains
Llamando atención de TEMAS PRINCIPALES  DESCUIDADAS cruciales en montañas
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 Who are we?  Quien somos?

Global Mountain Action (GMA) is a not for profit organization set up in 2009 as an association in Switzerland with presence in Switzerland, Peru and in Ethiopia. 

GMA conducts its own activities as an organisation and acts as a platform for its members in areas within its mission statement. Activities are approved and monitored by board and membership at annual meetings.  The NGO also organises social activities for its members in mountains of the countries it works. 

Acción para las Montañas Globales (AMG), es una organización sin fines de lucro creada en 2009 como una asociación en Suiza con presencia en Suiza, Perú y EEUU Y  Etiopía.

AMG realiza sus propias actividades como organización y actúa como una plataforma para sus miembros en áreas dentro de su declaración de misión. Las actividades son aprobadas y monitoreadas por la junta y miembros en reuniones anuales. La organización también organiza actividades sociales para sus miembros en las montañas de los países donde trabaja.

Our Members  Nuestros miembros
The members are a group of scientists and professionals concerned about the neglect to support sustainable use of mountains & well being of its people.

We work for to provide knowledge for alternatives to evermore destructive, extractive economic use of poorly studied mountain resources that we believe result in ever more  compromised fragile mountain ecosystems and reduced, rather than enhanced, well-being and opportunities to the majority of mountain people. 

Los miembros son un grupo de científicos y profesionales preocupados por la negligencia en apoyar el uso sostenible de las montañas y el bienestar de su gente.

Trabajamos para proporcionar el conocimiento de alternativas para un uso económico cada vez más destructivo y extractivo de los recursos de montaña poco estudiados que creemos que resultan en ecosistemas montañosos frágiles cada vez más comprometidos y un bienestar y oportunidades reducidas, en lugar de mayores, para la mayoría de los habitantes de las montañas.

Our Mission Statement 
Nuestra declaración de misión

GMA is fundamentally concerned with supporting actions, primarily by means of applied research, documentation, workshops and public engagement that maintain or restore health and wellbeing to mountain people and ecosystems in areas in which we have  expertise.  In particular: 
  • We work to enable good stewardship of mountain environments and resources. 
  • We promote the culture and  history of mountain people. 
  • We engage in actions that build on traditional knowledge to empower mountain communities to develop satisfying lives with new opportunities.

Acción para las Montañas Globales se ocupa fundamentalmente de las acciones de apoyo, principalmente a través de la investigación aplicada, la documentación, los talleres y la participación pública que mantienen o restauran la salud y el bienestar de las personas de las montañas y los ecosistemas en áreas en las que tenemos experiencia. En particular:
  • Trabajamos para permitir una buena administración de los entornos y recursos de montaña.
  • Promovemos la cultura y la historia de los pueblos de montaña.
  • Participamos en acciones que se basan en el conocimiento tradicional, empoderamiento a las comunidades de montaña para desarrollar vidas satisfactorias con nuevas oportunidades.
Our Strategies
  • We select KEY NEGLECTED THEMES that we believe to be critical to well-being of mountain people and their environment. These we study and bring to the attention of local, national and international communities to develop enabling mountain policies.  Our activities include workshops, education and communication with social media that is increasingly focused on youth.
  • We also consider actions that provide options to empower mountain people with information or tools that help improve livelihoods while maintaining the functionality of  mountain ecosystems.
  • We integrate our actions with mountain communities while  maintaining strong links with universities, and other national and international institutions, advocacy groups, commerce and governments. 
 
  • Seleccionamos TEMAS DESATENDIDOS CLAVE que son críticos para el bienestar de las personas de las montañas y su entorno, y llamamos la atención de las comunidades locales, nacionales e internacionales para desarrollar oportunidades y políticas de montaña habilitadoras.  Nuestras actividades incluyen talleres, educación y comunicación con redes sociales cada vez más enfocadas a la juventud.
  • También consideramos acciones que brinden opciones para empoderar a los comunidades y la cultura de las montañas con información o herramientas que ayuden a mejorar los medios de subsistencia mientras se mantiene la funcionalidad de los ecosistemas de montaña.
  • Integramos nuestras acciones con las comunidades de montaña mientras mantenemos fuertes vínculos con universidades y otras instituciones nacionales e internacionales, grupos de defensa, comercio y gobiernos.


Contact Contacto

Europe and General Enquiries  Europa y general
Azione per le Montagne Globale,
Global Mountain Center, Casa Guardamunt, Via al Corridore 17, 6644 Orselina, Switzerland
Email: gma@globalmountainaction.org  or ptrutmann@globalmountainaction.org
Tel: Switzerland: +41-79-557-1402

America Latina  Latin America 
Acción para las Montañas Globales
1511 Av. José Léal, Int. 503, Lince, Perú
Email: aluque@globalmountainaction.org
Tel. +51-1-256 5432, 

Africa
Global Mountain Action
P.O.Box: 150372, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Email: gzeleke@globalmountainaction.org
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Individual Enquiries  Consultas individuales
Dr. Marco Baltensweiler: 
email: mbaltensweiler@globalmountainaction.org 
or 
marco.baltensweiler@bluewin.ch
Dr. Stefan Flückiger: 
email sflueckiger@globalmountainaction.org,
or 
info@stefanflueckiger.ch  
Mg Sc. Amarilda Luque: 
email aluque@globalmountainaction.org

Dr. Bruno Stöckli: 
email: bstoeckli@globalmountainaction.org

 or stoeckli@joa.ch
Dr. Peter Trutmann: 
email: ptrutmann@globalmountainaction.org 

Dr. Gete Zeleke: 
email gzeleke@globalmountainaction.org
or gete_2004@yahoo.com

Founding members 
Miembros fundadores


Marco Baltensweiler PhD

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Agricultural Economics, Organic Agriculture in Mountains & Management
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​​Resident of the mountain village of 
Obstalden, Glarus.  He is leader of the Agriculture Department of the Canton Glarus, Switzerland, where he works both to create and to implement enlightened agricultural policies for the Canton. His expertise includes organic food production, certification and rural agricultural policies.  He has more than 30 years professional experience in Swiss mountain agriculture & transformation, as well as international experience in Africa and Central America.

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Stefan Flückiger PhD

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Fair trade, Eco-Economics and Management 

Resident in the mountain village of Ardez, Engadin.  He is President of Fair Markets Switzerland  and was Managing ​Director at Swiss Animal Protection SAP (Schweizer Tierschutz STS)​. He previously worked in leading positions:  as lecturer at Zürich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) where he also conducted international development studies in India; as head of economic policy and sustainability/Quality with the the environmentally conscious supermarket chain Migros; and as director of association of organic farmers in Switzerland.   He has more than 30 years professional experience in agriculture, economic and sustainability issues and currently is treasurer of GMA. 

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Amarilda Luque M.Ag.Sc. 

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Agro-business, Fairness in trade, Social Economy, Product quality monitoring , Traceability and Statistics.
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Amarilda has roots in  Huancho-Lima in the Altiplano of Peru.  She is the Business and Data Manager and brings experience in biotrade, business development, market linkages, micro-finances, training the tourism industry, natural resources management, statistics, youth education, workshop facilitation, as well as monitoring and evaluation. She has worked for the GIZ, UNDP, HELVETAS, the Peruvian Government and various other NGOs in the capacities of researcher, consultant, technical officer coordinator and director.   She has more than 30 years professional experience in South and Central America, and has ties to the Altiplano indigenous communities of Peru.  

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Bruno Stöckli PhD

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Agricultural and Institutional Economics, Rural development 
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Lives in the Mountain village of Mosogno, Tessin, Switzerland, where he is part of the municipal council. He has long standing experience in rural development, development dialogue, and working on new visions of development, including on the role of the commons in mountains. He brings over 40 years professional experience in Africa, South America and Europe.   

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Peter Trutmann PhD

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Agro-ecology in mountains, ecological approaches, Mycology, ethno-biology,  Management and Mountain policy
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At home managing the GMA center in the commune of Orselina, Tessin, and oscillating between Andean, Peru, Ithaca, NY where he is associated with Cornell university,  He is currently the president of GMA . He brings has over 40 professional years experience working on mountain themes as researcher and leader in Africa, Latin America, Australia, Switzerland and USA.   His interests include agro-ecology, integration of human, plant & soil health strategies, mycology, including ethno-mycology and its connection to Andean history, art, music, people and enabling mountain policies.  He also brings experience from two decades of management of international programmes and centers. 

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Gete Zeleke PhD

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Land-Use management,  Water management,  Rural-Urban Links, Research management and Policy

​He is currently director of the Water and Land Use Center  in Ethiopia, and associated with the Universities of Addis Ababa and of Bern. He previously directed the Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI) in Ethiopia, was the Africa wide coordinator of the CGIAR's Global Mountain Program and brings consultant experience with various International Institutions.  He has extensive experience with Rural Urban Linkages, Water and Land Use Change, GIS systems.  Dr. Zeleke also brings wide experience in Africa and Europe and has close ties to the Ahmara highlands near lake Tana.

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