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Mountain Research and Development Vol 39, No 4: The Role of Culture in Transformation Towards Sustainable Development in Mountains

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Culture is fundamentally relevant for sustainable development. This focus issue shows how mountain communities draw on their cultural heritage and integrate new knowledge to shape their own innovative and locally-based development pathways. It also explores ways of integrating culture into development practice and policy. Studies focus on mountain communities in Chile, Italy, Russia, Ecuador, Georgia, Nepal, and China.

The issue is available online and open access:

https://bioone.org/journals/mountain-research-and-development/volume-39/issue-4

Note that other issues are starting to fill up as well:

https://bioone.org/journals/mountain-research-and-development/inprogress

Read about the journal’s section policies, guidelines and submission procedure at:

https://www.mrd-journal.org/

The MRD Editorial Team

MRD Editorial Office, University of Bern, Centre for Development and Environment

mrd-journal.cde@unibe.ch

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