Mountain regions encompass nearly 24 percent of the total land
surface of the earth and are home to approximately 12 percent of
the world s population. Their ecosystems play a critical role in
sustaining human life both in the highlands and the lowlands.
During recent years, resource use in high mountain areas has
changed mainly in response to the globalization of the economy and
increased world population. As a result, mountain regions are
undergoing rapid environmental change, exploitation, and depletion
of natural resources leading to ecological imbalances and economic
unsustainability. Moreover, the changing climatic conditions have
stressed mountain ecosystems through higher mean annual
temperatures and the melting of glaciers and snow. Altered
precipitation patterns have also had an impact.
This book addresses these critical issues and looks at ways to
stop the downward spiral of resource degradation, rural poverty,
and food and livelihood insecurity in mountain regions. The book
also discusses new and comprehensive approaches to mountain
development that are needed to identify sustainable resource
development practices, how to strengthen local institutions and
knowledge systems, and how to increase the resilience between
mountain environments and their inhabitants."
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