Nature-based solutions promoting green and blue urban areas have significant potential to
decrease the vulnerability and enhance the resilience of cities in light of climatic change …

A standardized delineation of the world's mountains has many applications in research,
education, and the science-policy interface. Here we provide a new inventory of 8616 …

The Perth conferences, held every 5 years in Perth, Scotland, bring together people who
identify as mountain researchers and who are interested in issues related to global change …

The good governance of institutions and regimes requires accountability suited to the
particular context of each institution and regime. The paper examines the nature of …

Science diplomacy is lauded as a catalyst for cooperation in international spaces.
International science cooperation is a duty under international law and a necessity in reality …

Defining the spatial extent of mountain areas has long been a challenge. In the present
century, the availability of digital elevation models (DEMs) incorporated into geographic …

The number of transnational governance mechanisms specifically relating to mountains is
limited. Using the three axes of the framework developed by Balsiger and VanDeveer (2012) …

The species–habitat relationships can change during the year because of the seasonality of
resources. Therefore, the investigation of habitat use by animals in each season plays a …

This article examines regional environmental governance (REG) through the lens of human
geography theory on scale. Drawing on a case study of the Micronesia Challenge, a …

In periods of uncertainty or during critical junctures, scientific advice may be in high demand
to provide legitimacy for political decision makers. This article outlines the evolution of expert …