This research explores the causes of Indigenous youth migration from mountain regions, emphasizing the importance of including them in decision-making and fostering skills to preserve traditional know
Youth Needs Analysis in Bergama Mountain Villages (Izmir/Turkey) and Tourism’s Place in Sustainable Future Awareness
The study has a qualitative design consisting of a comprehensive needs analysis, a problem-oriented field study and a social comparison. need, , expectation, expectation, vision, awareness, innovation
Staying despite multi-hazard risk: Photovoice stories from upland Nepal
Why do people stay in areas of increasing natural hazard risk? Using Photovoice and other qualitative methods, this study focuses on complex mobility dilemmas among residents in upland Nepal.
Geopolitics and Mountain Youth: Understanding the Migration Dilemma
Geopolitical instability drives the migration of mountain youth. This session explores strategies to reverse learned helplessness through digital engagement, advocacy, and regional cooperation
Spatial distribution pattern and range shift of hawkmoths in the Hindu-Kush Himalaya region under climate change
Analyses of spatial species richness and range shifts of hawkmoths in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan Region under climate change and proposing resource conservation planning.
Key emerging and escalating issues raised by rural depopulation in the Himalaya
We then took a systems thinking approach to illustrate interlinkages among the issues identified in the horizon scan in a causal network, depicting their multi-directional and non-linear interactions.
Navigating Livelihoods in High Altitude Town: The Case of Seasonal Migrants in Leh, Ladakh Union Territory, India
Seasonal migration to Leh, Ladakh (India) is both need driven but also aspirational, with attractive compensation packages more than offsetting the harsh climatic conditions and health consequences.
The role of women in mountain films and film festivals: from the Alps to the Canadian Rockies
The image of the “mountain man” will be examined to analyze how cinema visually constructed this gender image, and how it evolved. Did this image include or exclude women?
A 500-year climate-vegetation cycle recorded in mountainous northeast Asia over the past 20,000 years
This study reveals a stable 500-year climate-vegetation-human cycle in Northeast Asia over the past 20,000 years, driven by monsoon intensity, vegetation shifts, and prehistoric cultural development.