Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Project 6 in Europe and the Former USSR

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ID13908482
AuthorsMartin F Price (0000-0002-7430-7262, corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume15
Issue3
Pages267-267
Publication date1995-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMountain Research and Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0276-4741 • E-ISSN: 1994-7151
PublisherInternational Mountain Society (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.2307/3673934
OpenAlexW1980176371
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited2

Project Area 6 of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB-6) included activities in 21 areas in the mountains of five Western European countries (Austria, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland), and in most of the mountain ranges of the former USSR. This paper reviews these activities, beginning with an introduction to the objectives of MAB-6 as defined in 1973. Particular attention is given to the development of conceptual models and of approaches to the involvement of local people in MAB-6 projects. It is concluded that only some of the objectives defined in 1973 were realized. Institutional factors were primary limitations, and these are explored. Yet MAB-6 activities contributed to scientific knowledge and the lives of mountain people, not only in the project areas but in many others. The concepts, scientific knowledge, and organizational experience deriving from MAB-6 have great potential for furthering the needs of mountain people around the world

Biology · Biosphere · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Environmental resource management · Geography · Political science · Regional science · Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies · Environmental Science · Geographic Information Systems Studies · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Ecology

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