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Front Cover
1

Table of Contents
3

Foreword
5

Executive summary
6

Key Messages
8

Introductory overview
11

East Africa
13

Approach and methodology
16

East Africa’s Mountain Ecosystems in a Changing Climate
17

Overview of East Africa’s mountain areas
18

Climate change trends and scenarios and their effect on mountain ecosystems
20

East Africa’s Mountains and Climate Change: The case of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
24

African Mountains and Climate Change: The case of Mount Elgon
28

Mau Forest Complex: Renewed Efforts to Save Kenya’s Water Tower
36

Rwanda: Climate Resilience
42

Transboundary collaboration in the Greater Virunga
46

Burundi’s Mountains
48

East Africa’s mountain policies
49

Governance of East Africa’s mountainous areas
51

Best practice case studies
68

Key messages
74

East Africa Mountain Agenda: Options
75

Background
76

Governance of mountain ecosystem conservation and development
77

Identified gaps and overlaps
78

The Case for an East African mountain agenda
80

The agenda for Eastern African mountains
81

Conclusion
92

Contributors and reviewers
93

Acronyms
94

References
95

Back Cover
100