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Climate change impacts in Huascaran National Park, Peru

08 Dec 2009

Image: Rodney Garrard

Mountain Protection Commission member Rodney Garrard (New Zealand) outlines environmental change and conservation challenges in Huascaran National Park, Peru. The article (see below) explains why many climbers are currently involved in conservation work, and the need for a credible market-based incentive that reduces our impacts to such regions. The article featured in the New Zealand Alpine Journal 2009. You can contact Rodney at www.garrard.co.nz.

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