The Mountain Institute (TMI) is a 30-year old non profit organization with programs in the Mountain States of the United States, Bolivia, China, Ecuador, India, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Peru, Tajikistan and Tanzania, and assisted with disaster relief efforts in Pakistan. The mission of TMI is to conserve mountain environments, improve mountain livelihoods, and support mountain cultures. Our vision is a world where mountains and mountain people are valued and understood as integral and important to all of the world’s ecosystems and to the human populations that live within them, and where thriving mountain communities prosper in ecologically rich mountain environments. We approach our work with the following basic principles: Long-term commitments to the people and places where we work Teamwork and the full collaboration of our partners Cultural and biophysical fluency in the regions of our programs Measurable results and accountability to those whom we serve The belief that true progress can be made only when economic development, environmental protection and cultural expression are in harmony.