Mountain regions are globally important areas for biodiversity but are subject to multiple
human‐induced threats, including climate change, which has been more severe at higher …

The cryosphere (including, snow, glaciers, permafrost, lake and river ice) is an integral
element of high mountain regions, which are home to roughly 10% of the global population …

Abstract Around the world, Indigenous Peoples and local communities are exposed to
different climate change impacts to which they respond in a myriad of ways. Despite this …

Scholarly understanding of the relationship between climate change and human migration
and displacement has expanded greatly in the last two decades. There is general …

Mountains are critical ecosystems that have a strong influence far beyond their topographic
boundaries. More than 50 million people inhabit the Himalayas, and more than one billion …

Armed conflicts that involve the capture of land and territory can have direct and spillover
effects on other land-related conflicts. In this paper, we conceptualize how attacks by …

Yak (Bos grunniens L.) herding plays an important role in the domestic economy throughout
much of the Asian highlands. Yak represents a major mammal species of the rangelands …

Animal husbandry of agropastoral communities in the mountainous region of Leh, Ladakh,
has been transformed in response to socio-economic and geo-political changes. This study …

Community forestry (CF) is one of the major forest management modalities in the world. A
growing body of literature documents various outcomes and interactions of people with CF …

This review summarizes current understanding of drivers for change and of the impact of
accelerating global changes on mountains, encompassing effects of climate change and …