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Why do Mountains Matter?
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on March 27, 2017 (go to class or lectures)
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why mountains matter
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important in almost every               
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compose one                of the world's surface
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one quarter of the world's                      live in or close to mountains
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mountain ecosystems
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almost all world's major              have their head waters in mountains
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more than half of the world's population relies on the            water that collects in mountainous regions
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drinking water
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domestic use
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industry
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transportation
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hydro power from mountain water sheds make up nearly     % of the world's entire electricity supply
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mountain forests
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provide millions of timber and other products
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capture and store rainfall and                 
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maintain water supply
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regulate river flow
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reducing                and down stream sedimentation
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geological forces
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raised mountains up
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concentrated assemblages of                 
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mountain mines are a major source of the worlds ores and precious metals
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hot spots for                         
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provide habitats that support and sustain a large variety of different species
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increasing altitudes create a dense                            of differing ecological communities
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can range radically from dense tropical                to hard glacial ice with just a few kilometers
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many mountains can be thought of as islands
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rise above the vast plains of human transformed                     
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many plants and animals are                to mountain regions
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evolved in isolation over millennia to inhabit specialized              environments
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function as                      corridors connecting isolated habitats or protected areas
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allowing species the critical space they need to migrate and thrive
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Western Canadian Rocky Mountains
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provide the large wild spaces
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support grizzly bears and other large                     
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provide sanctuaries for plants and animals long since displaced from the                        lowlands
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volcanoes of the                Mountains along the border of Rwanda in East Africa
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the last of the mountain                  live, numbering fewer than 300
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biological diversity is link to cultural diversity
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of the 1,054 languages spoken in New Guinea, 738 originate in the New Guinea highlands
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these mountains cover     % of the South Pacific island
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the home of many                      peoples
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Quechua people of               , Ecuador and Peru in the South American Andes
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the Southern Tuchone First Nations of the southern            in Canada
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Nakhi and Yi people of            Province, China
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             peoples in the Mr. Everest region in Nepal
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world's most important food staples were domesticated in mountains
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potatoes
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wheat
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corn
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beans
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many of these systems are still in use today, e.g. in Asia
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mountains are a major draw for global               
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tourism is one of the world's largest and fastest growing industries
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adventure
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sports and recreation
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scenic beauty
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meet and interact with people who live there
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influx of visitors can provide
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positive
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funds to promote                        development
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negative
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too many people on                mountain ecosystems
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loss of traditional                  values
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cultural significance
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places of                  embodiments
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places to be exploited and developed for their natural resources
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sites to be managed and                     
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places to be             
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testing grounds
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places for salvation, embodiments of              serenity
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home
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a destination to           
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sites of exclusion
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poverty
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debilitating poverty
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places on society's margins
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where                              are poor
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where infrastructure, jobs, and services are sorely lacking
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unique natural disasters such as floods and                      compound issues related to poverty
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wealthy
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gentrified                        for the urban rich holiday goers
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locals are realizing they are unable to              the very places where they grew up
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               investment and hyperdevelopment

Spelling Corrections:

Shirpa ⇒ Sherpa

Ideas and Concepts:

Travel classic book tip via this morning's Mountains 101 class:

"Peter Goullart, a Russian-born traveler, explorer and author, is best known for a number of books describing the life and customs of various peoples living in remote parts of East and Southeast Asia, including Forgotten Kingdom:Eight Years in Likiang.

Forgotten Kingdom is a classic of Asian travel. Peter Goullart describes, with immediacy and detail, his time, from 1939 to 1947, in Likiang in the idyllic south-western province of Yunnan on the borders of Tibet. His experiences and friendships brought him into personal contact with Lamas, the merchants, the bandits and the Tibetans, as well as the caravans that thronged the streets. He describes the customs and beliefs of the people, the suicide pacts, the exorcisms, and the life cycle ceremonies, many of which he attended. He was finally forced to flee with the arrival of the Chinese communists who brought an end to a way of life that had existed unchanged for centuries."
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