“Social innovation is seen as a driving force and a means to promote sustainable development. As a product of the policy discourse, social innovation can lead to the promotion of civic values, delivery of support to communities, improved sustainability in the use of natural assets and advanced resilience of socio-ecological systems.”

Scientists from all over the world have come together in the 6^th Forum Carpaticum to present their research and discuss the sustainable development of the Carpathian region and mountain areas more generally. The event was organised online by the Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Science, the Mendel University in Brno and the Secretariat for the Carpathian Convention with the support of several institutions, including the James Hutton Institute and the SIMRA network.

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This article was originally posted by The James Hutton Institute