Mountain Research and Development
The leading international scientific journal specifically devoted to sustainable development in the world’s mountains

Published by the International Mountain Society (IMS)

Mountain Research and Development Journal
Climate change adaptation should not be a journey into the unknown. Photo by Michele Maggi

Climate Change Adaptation of Small Mountain Tourism Destinations in the European Alps: An Analysis of Adaptation Measures

By Philipp Corradini and Agnese Moroni
MountainDevelopment

The authors explore how small destinations translate climate change adaptation strategies into concrete, context-specific measures, and call for sequencing measures that promote broad systemic changes.

Marlène Thibault
Infrastructure for access to the Mer de Glace glacier and surrounding huts. Photo by Jean Miczka

Mountain Tourism—Trends and Transformations Toward Sustainability and Resilience

VOL 46 | NO 1
February 2026

Articles examine how mountain tourism is adapting to climate change and how the sector is being or could be transformed for greater sustainability, equity, and resilience.

Marlène Thibault
A rich diversity of mountain flowers in the Upper Engadine, Switzerland. Photo by Marlène Thibault

MRD’s International Editorial Board embarks on a new 3-year term

The editors thank all previous members for their highly valued service and warmly welcome several new members. We’re excited to work with such a diverse group of experts from around the world!

Marlène Thibault
This ski lift and the adjacent piste in Vall de Núria each cut through the mountain forest, influencing ecosystem connectivity. They exemplify the complex interactions between human activity and nature in ski and mountain resorts. Photo by Joan Rabassa-Juvanteny

Natural Capital Assessment and Recommendations for Sustainable Tourism in Ski and Mountain Resorts of the Catalan Pyrenees

By Joan Rabassa-Juvanteny and Bernat Claramunt-López
MountainResearch

This study shows how assessing and accounting for natural capital in ski and mountain resorts can strengthen sustainability, resilience, and responsible tourism management under climate change.

Marlène Thibault
Large quantities of chhurpi—a hard cheese made from yak buttermilk—produced by a private dairy in Gatlang, Nepal. While the state-supported marketization of yak products has boosted some households’ income, it is simultaneously eroding traditional sustainable herding practices and causing environmental degradation, as shown in the article by Indra Mani Rai and colleagues in this issue. Photo by Dipak Raj Rai

Open Issue

VOL 45 | NO 4
November 2025

Shifts in yak herding in Nepal, science–society interaction in biosphere reserves worldwide, topography–development links in the European Alps: read about these and other topics in this open issue.

Marlène Thibault
Saleinaz Mountain Hut in the Swiss Alps, facing Mont Dolent. Photo by Jean Miczka

Adapting Mountain Huts in the Western Alps to Climate Change: Strategies, Challenges, Governance, and Recommendations

By Jean Miczka et al
MountainAgenda

Based on an analysis of key actors’ diverse adaptation strategies and related limitations, the authors recommend increased stakeholder consultation as well as better, long-term coordination among actors.

Marlène Thibault
University students engage in a landscape assessment during a field excursion in the Dedoplistskaro Biosphere Reserve, Georgia, guided by a local ranger. Photo by Alexander Mitrofanenko

Policy Implementation Challenges of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Program, Illustrated by Science–Society Interactions in 18 Mountain Biosphere Reserves

By Alexander Mitrofanenko et al
MountainResearch

Mountain biosphere reserves have great potential to link science and society in advancing sustainability transformations—but achieving UNESCO’s vision for them requires grounded and consistent support.

Marlène Thibault

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