Mountains Under Global Change
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainability in Geographic Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 197
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Interests: mountain agriculture
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Dear Colleagues,
Despite there being no unitary definition of “mountain” on an EU or worldwide scale, mountains cover roughly a fifth of the world’s land mass and are home to one tenth of the world’s population. To most of us, mountains still present an image of purity, tradition, preserved landscapes and places of high biodiversity, although the mountains today are far from the idyllic image. A wide range of biophysical, ecosystem and socio-economic changes alter mountains’ functioning on even higher rates than the global average. The global changes, including the degradation of natural resources, biodiversity loss, climate change, unsustainable supply and value chains, often cause irreversible impacts on fragile mountain ecosystems. Measures to combat the effects of these global changes demand innovative solutions and transdisciplinary cooperation; still, a significant gap remains in the understanding of ecological systems and anthropogenic processes and in their larger-scale implications. Additionally, it must not be forgotten that the mountain populations will be much affected by the economic, environmental, physical and social effects of global changes and the impacts will be felt far beyond in the lowlands.
Further, the current challenges in resource use will have to involve new stakeholders with new, innovative ideas, and their management will have to have a central role in the socio-ecological transformation of mountain communities.
The focus of this Special Issue is to research, discuss, compare, and develop strategies and innovative solutions to tackle the global change challenges faced in mountain areas.
Dr. Andreja N. Borec
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mountains
- global changes
- natural resources
- biodiversity loss
- climate change
- supply chains
- value chains
- resource management
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