02 November 2012, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic – The University of Central Asia’s UCA Mountain Societies Research Centre MSRC and Mountain Partnership Central Asia Hub launched the Sustainable Mountain Development in Central Asia – From Rio 1992 to Rio2012 and beyond Report and a special issue of the journal Mountain Research and Development MRD on Central Asian Mountain Societies in Transition in Bishkek on 2 November 2012.