Mountain research in UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme: the first five decades. eco.mont (Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management)|eco.mont Vol. 13 special issue 2021|

• Published in: eco.mont (Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research)
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: oeaw 2021
• Subjects: 570,mountains; biosphere reserves; Man and the Biosphere Programme; UNESCO,Geography; Tundra
• Online Access: http://epub.oeaw.ac.at/?arp=9171-1inhalt/eco.mont-27-13-Price-Schaa-Tomažič.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1553/eco.mont-13-sis93

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.