Abstract
In recent decades, a rapidly growing number of mountain places, people and cultural practices have been involved in various heritage-making processes. Such recognition can offer opportunities for the conservation of mountain assets, protecting cultural landscapes, and safeguarding mountain societies. However, it can also result in excessive tourism, folklorization, weakening of social norms and values, or disruption of social-ecological dynamics.
This policy brief has been published through the Mountain Partnership Open-ended Scientific Committee to the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development 2022.