Policy Briefs series
Plateau Perspectives’ series of policy briefs highlights pressing and emerging issues in community-based conservation and sustainable development in the world’s high mountains regions. New issues will be published ad hoc.
Plateau Perspectives draws on more than two decades of work at the intersection of conservation and community development, combining field projects, academic research, and participation in multi-stakeholder development dialogues. This series shares key insights from that experience, with each issue highlighting established, emerging, or forward-looking themes in community-based conservation and sustainable development.
The first brief examined the intrinsic and practical value of biodiversity and the urgent need to protect nature as a foundation for human wellbeing. Subsequent briefs reviewed ecotourism as a tool for linking conservation with community benefits, introduced core challenges associated with globalisation, and explored expanding opportunities to apply educational technologies in support of sustainable mountain development.
The series focuses on mountain regions worldwide, with particular emphasis on greater Central Asia. Future issues will be released on an ad hoc basis, each contributing to a deeper understanding of development challenges and opportunities facing local communities and mountain social-ecological systems.
Four policy briefs are currently available:
Biodiversity Ecotourism Globalisation Educational Tech
- Biodiversity is essential for human development
- Ecotourism: purposefully bringing benefits for both people and nature
- Achieving sustainable development with equity in an era of globalisation
- The role of educational technologies in Sustainable Mountain Development
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