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Mountain research in UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme: the first five decades

    Martin F. Price, Thomas Schaaf, Maria R. Cárdenas Tomažič

Eco.mont Vol. 13 special issue 2021, pp. 93-101, 2021/11/23

Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management

doi: 10.1553/eco.mont-13-sis93

doi: 10.1553/eco.mont-13-sis93


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doi:10.1553/eco.mont-13-sis93



doi:10.1553/eco.mont-13-sis93

Abstract

Within UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme, MAB Project 6 (MAB-6), entitled Impact of human activities on mountain and tundra ecosystems, was initiated in 1971. This paper begins with a history of the activities and key outcomes of MAB-6, which largely comprised national activities within a global framework. From the 1990s, a number of collaborative international projects took place, relating particularly to global change and sacred mountains. The paper ends with brief conclusions.

Keywords: mountains, biosphere reserves, Man and the Biosphere Programme, UNESCO