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A simple index for assessing cumulative human impacts on mountain lakes
Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, EarlyView.Abstract Mountain lakes are highly sensitive ecosystems and effective sentinels of environmental change, yet the exposure and magnitude of the human footprint remain poorly quantified. In this study, we develop a simple and non‐invasive abiotic index to assess cumulative pressures on mountain lakes. The proposed index integrates eight variables grouped
Clara Sáez +3 more
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Alpine flora of Kashmir Himalaya: floristic assessment, life history traits and threat status
Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Alpine ecosystems in the Himalaya are considered to be at a higher risk to anthropogenic global change drivers. The Kashmir Himalaya, located in the north‐western side of the Himalayan biodiversity hotspot, harbors a diverse alpine flora, which remains systematically little investigated.
Bilal A. Rasray +5 more
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The Tourism industry of Ethics and tourism [PDF]
The tourism industry is one of the largest industries in the world, and despite recent events that have made its operating environment more complex, the industry continues to grow [Theobald, 2005, Global Tourism, 3rdedn., Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier].
Constanta Enea
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Near Surface Geophysics, EarlyView.Abstract Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) is one of the most widely used geophysical techniques for hydrogeological questions, such as investigating the groundwater transition zone between land and sea. The interpretation of 2D coast‐parallel ERT profiles is challenging because most of the electrical current flows through the highly conductive ...
Simon Levin Fischer +6 more
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The problem of mountain biking as leisure and sporting activity in protected areas
, 2010 Mountain biking has grown rapidly as a leisure activity over the last 10 years and is undertaken in a range of outdoor settings and protected areas.
Newsome, D.
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Who is local and what do they know? Braiding knowledges within carnivore management in Europe
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Growing recognition of Indigenous Peoples and traditional local communities as stewards of biodiversity has brought to the fore the issues of knowledge and value pluralism in conservation policy and practice. Given their basis in practical and multi‐generational experience, Indigenous and local knowledges are highly relevant to managing human ...
Hanna Pettersson +6 more
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Les guides de montagne d’Asie centrale et l’activité de tourisme sportif
Mondes du Tourisme, 2012 Independence (1991) pushes the Central Asian states to engage in a simultaneous transformation of their political and economic models. This transition is marked by the persistence of certain traits of the Soviet system, but also by the adoption of ...
Julie Hallé, Michel Raspaud
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Sustainability constructs of mountain tourism development: the evaluation of stakeholders' perception using SUS-TAS. [PDF]
Environ Dev Sustain, 2022 Jeelani P, Shah SA, Dar SN, Rashid H.
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