FUKUSHIMA--Takeshi Yabuki couldn't believe his eyes last summer when he saw patches of bare land on the side of a mountain despoiling the idyllic view ... to protect the landscape by stressing ...

Over centuries, mountain communities have developed solutions to adapt to their harsh environments, deal with climate change, reduce poverty and protect or restore biodiversity. This International ...

Le Morne Cultural Landscape, a rugged mountain that juts into the Indian Ocean in the southwest of Mauritius was used as a shelter by runaway slaves, maroons, through the 18th and early years of the ...