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A list of research presentation sessions can be found below. All of the sessions align with the Future Earth (FE) Research Themes:

FE1: Dynamic Planet
FE2: Global Sustainable Development
FE3: Transformations towards Sustainability

Research presentation sessions
Session title	Session chair(s)	FE1	FE2	FE3
Arctic and alpine: How do alpine regions differ from arctic regions?	David Hik University of Alberta, Canada	X
The role of alpine cryosphere in endorheic basins of the world	Maria Shahgedanova University of Reading, UK	X	X
Global degradation of snow, glaciers, and permafrost	Andrea Fischer IGF, Austrian Academy of Sciences	X
High-elevation climate 1	Nathan Forsythe Newcastle University, UK	X
Science-driven community-based approaches for enhanced climate change adaptation capacity	Alton Byers The Mountain Institute Daene McKinney University of Texas at Austin, USA	X
Generating and managing data and knowledge in climate and water resources for climate adaptation	Christian Huggel Nadine Salzmann Samuel Nussbaumer University of Zurich, Switzerland	X
Palaeo perspectives for guiding future scenarios	Rob Marchant University of York, UK	X		X
Invasive species in mountain regions 1	Jonas Lembrechts University of Antwerp	X
Monitoring biota in mountaintop environments; a focus on GLORIA activities across different biomes	Harald Pauli IGF, Austrian Academy of Sciences Manuela Winkler BOKU, Austria	X
Mountain treeline ecotones; threshold dynamics and climatic relationships	Connie Millar USDA Forest Service, USA David M. Cairns Texas A&M University, USA	X
Linking past land use legacies & future land use trajectories in mountain regions	Jacek Kozak Jagiellonian University, Poland Urs Gimmi WSL, Switzerland Volker Radeloff University of Wisconsin, USA	X
Insights and challenges on modelling future LUCC in mountainous regions	Thomas Houet GEODE, University of Toulouse, France	X		X
Urbanization in mountain areas in the frame of metropolitisation & global change	Manfred Perlik EURAC, Italy and CDE, University of Bern, Switzerland	X
Mountain regions in the vicinity of cities and urban agglomerations	Ariane Walz Potsdam University, Germany			X
The impacts of the commodification of landscapes, new social actors & uses on the territorial capital of mountain regions (from multilocal dwelling to extraction of raw materials)	Manfred Perlik EURAC, Italy and CDE, University of Bern, Switzerland	X
Advances in observatories of mountain social-ecological systems 1	Jan Dick Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK	X
Mountain social-ecological system dynamics and resilience to global change	Julia Klein Colorado State University, USA Prakash Tiwari Kumaon University, India Tino Johansson ICIPE, Kenya	X	X	X
African mountains & their challenges	Nigel Barker Rhodes University, South Africa	X	X	X
Mountain ecosystem services, adaptive management and global change	Sam Kanyamibwa Albertine Rift Conservation Society Maria Nijnik James Hutton Institute, UK Harald Bugmann ETH Zurich, Switzerland	X	X	X
Disaster risk reduction	Irasema Alcántara Ayala National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico	X	X	X
Mountain forests: stresses, disturbances and ecosystem services	Georg Gratzer BOKU, Austria William Keeton University of Vermont	X	X	X
Farming in mountain areas	Chris Hergarten, Marc Foggin University of Central Asia		X	X
Transboundary water issues	Jack Shroder University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA		X	X
Challenges of land use decision-making in an increasingly nested & networked world	Thomas Kohler CDE, University of Bern, Switzerland Jack Shroder University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA		X	X
Current assessments of Sustainable Mountain Development	Greg Greenwood MRI		X
How can mountain communities adapt to increased extreme weather events?	Hans Schreier University of British Columbia, Canada
Local development initiatives and institutions/governance	Thomas Dax Federal Institute for Mountainous and Less-Favoured Areas, Austria Thomas Kohler CDE, University of Bern, Switzerland Thomas Streifeneder EURAC, Italy	X		X
Social change in mountain regions: How does it happen?	Greeg Greenwood MRI
Sacred mountain landscapes and biocultural diversity	Will Tuladhar Douglas University of Aberdeen, UK	X	X	X
Protected areas as model regions for sustainable development	Axel Borsdorf IGF, Austrian Academy of Sciences			X
Sustainable tourism development	Carolina Adler ETH Zurich, Switzerland Gary Grant University of Canberra, Australia		X	X