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Mountain regions encompass nearly 24 percent of the total land surface of the earth and are home to approximately 12 percent of the world’s population. Their ecosystems play a critical role in sustaining human life both in the highlands and the lowlands. During recent years, resource use in high mountain areas has changed mainly in response to the

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 528 ● ISBN 9781482208917 ● Editor Axel Borsdorf & Jorgen Breuste ● Publisher CRC Press ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 3842784 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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