Abstract
Abstract The University of Central Asia's (UCA's) Mountain Societies Research Institute (MSRI) is an interdisciplinary research institute dedicated to addressing the challenges and opportunities within Central Asian mountain communities and environments. MSRI's goal is to support and enhance the resilience and quality of life of mountain societies through the generation and application of sound research. MSRI has 5 objectives: to generate new knowledge on mountain societies through academic research; to enhance Central Asian capacity to conduct research relevant to mountain societies; to serve as a knowledge hub for scholars, development practitioners, and decision-makers; to inform policy and practice through research; and to contribute to the development of UCA academic programs relevant to mountain societies. MSRI and its partners work to transfer knowledge to policy and practice aimed at improving the quality of life for people of the mountain areas of Central Asia.
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BioOne Complete is a full-text database of 200 subscribed and open-access titles in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences published by nonprofit societies, associations, museums, institutions, and presses
Mountain Research and Development (MRD) An international, peer-reviewed open access journal published by the International Mountain Society (IMS) www.mrd-journal.org
The University of Central Asia’s (UCA’s) Mountain Societies Research Institute (MSRI) is an interdisciplinary research institute dedicated to addressing the challenges and opportunities within Central Asian mountain communities and environments
Summary
The Mountain Societies Research Institute (MSRI) Background Paper Series includes extensive literature reviews and structured assessments of knowledge and gaps in priority areas that inform MSRI’s emerging applied research agenda. A synopsis of the paper on pastoralism (Kerven et al 2012) was peer reviewed and published in Mountain Research and Development in the special issue Central Asian Mountain Societies in Transition, guest edited by MSRI and translated into Russian (MRD 2012), and a peerreviewed synthesis of the sustainable land management background paper was published a year later (Dear et al 2013). MSRI’s Central Asia and Afghanistan Research Fellowship (CAARF) program is strengthening the capacity of researchers from Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and the Kyrgyz Republic to conduct original research on sustainable development in mountain areas. Current fellowship projects related to agriculture and food security focus on assessing the influence of climate change in highaltitude conditions on the content of phytohormones and plant growth inhibitors in Tajikistan, conservation of traditional varieties of apple trees in the Issyk Kul foothills of Kyrgyzstan, and biodiversity conservation planning for ecodisaster risk reduction in Afghanistan
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