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This book brings together scientists and practitioners from five
continents to present their experience in undertaking activities
that contribute to our understanding and informed management of
mountain areas. In particular, they address the challenges of
working in interdisciplinary teams and of effectively involving
stakeholders. The result is a powerful book that integrates
research from different disciplines in the natural and social
sciences, and in some cases indigenous knowledge, to address the
question of how knowledge is gained about mountain areas and how
can it be integrated and used in effective management. A
comprehensive introduction covers the challenges in mountain area
research and management, and the need for integrated approaches.
This is followed by chapters that look at key areas of mountain
research and management over the past 25 years, covering inter-and
trans-disciplinary research, subsistence cultures and sustainable
development, innovations in watershed management and biodiversity
conservation. Subsequent chapters cover key areas of research and
management on five continents with a focus on comparison of common
challenges and solutions across regions. The concluding chapter
brings these experiences together. Published with Parks Canada
UNESCO Biosphere Reserves (BRs) are designated areas in
geographical regions of global socio-ecological significance. This
definitive book shows their global relevance and contribution to
environmental protection, biocultural diversity and education.
Initiated in the 1970s as part of UNESCO's Man and Biosphere (MAB)
Programme, BRs share a set of common objectives, to support and
demonstrate a balance between biodiversity conservation,
sustainable development and research. The world's 701 BRs form an
international, intergovernmental network to support the aims of
sustainability science, but this purpose has not always been widely
understood. In three distinct sections, the book starts by
outlining the origins of BRs and the MAB Programme, showing how
they contribute to advancing sustainable development. The second
section documents the evolution of BRs around the world, including
case studies from each of the five UNESCO world regions. Each case
study demonstrates how conservation, sustainable development and
the role of scientific research have been interpreted locally. The
book concludes by discussing thematic lessons to help understand
the challenges and opportunities associated with sustainability
science, providing a unique platform from which lessons can be
learned. This includes how concepts become actions on the ground
and how ideas can be taken up across sites at differing scales.
This book will be of great interest to professionals engaged in
conservation and sustainable development, NGOs, policy-makers and
advanced students in environmental management, ecology,
sustainability science, environmental anthropology and geography.
UNESCO Biosphere Reserves (BRs) are designated areas in
geographical regions of global socio-ecological significance. This
definitive book shows their global relevance and contribution to
environmental protection, biocultural diversity and education.
Initiated in the 1970s as part of UNESCO's Man and Biosphere (MAB)
Programme, BRs share a set of common objectives, to support and
demonstrate a balance between biodiversity conservation,
sustainable development and research. The world's 701 BRs form an
international, intergovernmental network to support the aims of
sustainability science, but this purpose has not always been widely
understood. In three distinct sections, the book starts by
outlining the origins of BRs and the MAB Programme, showing how
they contribute to advancing sustainable development. The second
section documents the evolution of BRs around the world, including
case studies from each of the five UNESCO world regions. Each case
study demonstrates how conservation, sustainable development and
the role of scientific research have been interpreted locally. The
book concludes by discussing thematic lessons to help understand
the challenges and opportunities associated with sustainability
science, providing a unique platform from which lessons can be
learned. This includes how concepts become actions on the ground
and how ideas can be taken up across sites at differing scales.
This book will be of great interest to professionals engaged in
conservation and sustainable development, NGOs, policy-makers and
advanced students in environmental management, ecology,
sustainability science, environmental anthropology and geography.
Mountains cover a quarter of the Earth's land surface and a quarter
of the global population lives in or adjacent to these areas. The
global importance of mountains is recognized particularly because
they provide critical resources, such as water, food and wood;
contain high levels of biological and cultural diversity; and are
often places for tourism and recreation and/or of sacred
significance. This major revision of Larry Price's book Mountains
and Man (1981) is both timely and highly appropriate. The past
three decades have been a period of remarkable progress in our
understanding of mountains from an academic point of view. Of even
greater importance is that society at large now realizes that
mountains and the people who reside in them are not isolated from
the mainstream of world affairs, but are vital if we are to achieve
an environmentally sustainable future. Mountain Geography is a
comprehensive resource that gives readers an in-depth understanding
of the geographical processes occurring in the world's mountains
and the overall impact of these regions on culture and society as a
whole. The volume begins with an introduction to how mountains are
defined, followed by a comprehensive treatment of their physical
geography: origins, climatology, snow and ice, landforms and
geomorphic processes, soils, vegetation, and wildlife. The
concluding chapters provide an introduction to the human geography
of mountains: attitudes toward mountains, people living in mountain
regions and their livelihoods and interactions within dynamic
environments, the diverse types of mountain agriculture, and the
challenges of sustainable mountain development.
What is a mountain? Seems like a simple question, right? But if we
take the question seriously, the answers turn out to be
complicated, wide ranging, and fascinating. In The Mountain,
geographers Bernard Debarbieux and Gilles Rudaz trace the origins
of the very concept of a mountain, showing how it is not a mere
geographic feature, but ultimately an idea, one that has evolved
over time, influenced by changes in political climates and cultural
attitudes. To truly understand mountains, they argue, we must view
them not only as material realities but as social constructs, ones
that can mean radically different things to different people in
different settings. From the Enlightenment to the very present
days, and thanks to a huge variety of case studies picked up in all
the continents, the authors show us how our ideas of and about
mountains have changed with the times and how a huge range of
policies, from border delineation to forestry as well as nature
protection and social policies, have been shaped according to them.
A rich hybrid analysis of geography, history, culture, and
politics, the book promises to forever change the way we look at
mountains.
This book brings together scientists and practitioners from six
continents to present their experience in undertaking activities
that contribute to our understanding and informed management of
mountain areas. In particular, they address the challenges of
working in interdisciplinary teams and of effectively involving
stakeholders.A comprehensive introduction covers the challenges in
mountain area research and management and the need for integrated
approaches. This is followed by chapters that look at key areas of
mountain research and management over the past 25 years, covering
inter- and trans-disciplinary research, subsistence cultures and
sustainable development, innovations in watershed management and
biodiversity conservation. Subsequent chapters cover key areas of
research and management, presenting interdisciplinary case studies
from Australia, Canada, the US, Sweden, India, Colombia and
Tanzania with a focus on comparison of common challenges and
solutions across regions. The concluding chapter brings these
experiences together. The result is a powerful book that integrates
research from different disciplines in the natural and social
sciences, and in some cases indigenous knowledge, to address the
question of how knowledge is gained about mountain areas and how
can it be integrated and used in effective management.This volume
provides an indispensable tool kit for all researchers and
professionals undertaking research and management in mountain and
other environments, including local and regional authorities,
planners, park and protected area managers, tourism operators, and
communities involved in resource extraction, watershed management,
agriculture and forestry.
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