In areas such as the Amazon and the Andean highlands, conflict over natural resources, property rights and sustainable livelihoods have been rife for decades.
Mapping LCC is important to understand and analyze the relationships between the geomorphology (highlands and deserts), natural resources (agricultural lands and the Nile River), and human activities.
As a result of dependency of increasing population on traditional subsistence agriculture, most of the Ethiopian highlands are experiencing degradation of watershed resources.
Monyane Moleleki, Lesotho's natural resources minister, said: "The Lesotho highlands power project promises hitherto unheard of positives for the socioeconomic wellbeing of our nation.
Accordingly, CNRM in northern Ethiopian highlands is reported unsustainable and even natural resources management institutions were at risk of unsustainability.
But many rural communities also had part-time specialities, a feature due in part to the heterogeneity of the highland environment, with its highly local distribution of resources.
While writing checks big and small — depending on the quality of the team and how big or small of a problem they are trying to tackle — Highland will also provide guidance, mentorship and other resources to help them scale.
France, however, does possess fast-moving rivers flowing out of highland areas that provide it with an ample hydroelectric resource.
Thus, characterization and evolutionary analyses of its transcriptome resources can not only provide information of highland adaptation of fishes but also help protect its population.
Yaks (Bos grunniens) inhabit the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and adjacent highlands, where they are an important source of basic living resources such as meat, milk, dung (which is used as fuel) for Tibetans and nomadic pastoralists [ 1].
