Mountain Research and Development (MRD)

Ke garne? How Values and Worldviews Influence Resilience to Natural Hazards: A Case Study From Mustang, Nepal

By Eva Posch et al

MountainResearch

How do values and worldviews influence lodge owners’ proactive behavior in the face of natural hazards? Findings show that resilience building initiatives should take into account values and worldviews in...

MRD’s International Editorial Board substantially enlarged for new 3-year term

MRD’s expanded IEB ensures even better coverage of our wide range of topics. The editorial team thanks all previous members for their highly valued service and looks forward to working with the new Board!

Open Issue

VOL 39 | NO 3
August 2019

Education for girls in Nepal, forest fires on the slopes of Mount Kenya, landslide vegetation patterns in Japan, and integrated biodiversity monitoring in Colombia: read more about these and other topics in...

How Can Education Contribute to Sustainable Mountain Development? Past, Present, and Future Perspectives

VOL 40 | NO 4
Upcoming

Look forward to contributions that present systematically validated and well-referenced reflections on and suggestions in relation to pedagogic concepts and methods, formal and informal practices...

Identifying Paths to Successful Higher Education for Girls in the Solukhumbu District, Nepal

By Sally E. Wier and Martin F. Price

MountainDevelopment

Hostels for girls, financial support to families, and community awareness programs about education are effective means of supporting girls’ education—and hence sustainable development—in rural Nepal.

New books on mountains out for review

MRD regularly invites experts to review books on mountain-relevant topics. We have just sent several new books out for review. See the whole list by clicking here – and watch out for the upcoming reviews!

Monitoring Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Colombia’s High Andean Ecosystems: Towards an Integrated Strategy

By Luis D. Llambí et al

MountainAgenda

This article proposes a strategy for integrated monitoring of biodiversity and ecosystem services in high mountain ecosystems. The strategy is intended as a key input for adaptive management and decision...

Focus Topics

How Can Education Contribute to Sustainable Mountain Development? Past, Present, and Future Perspectives

VOL 40 | NO 4
Upcoming

Look forward to contributions that present systematically validated and well-referenced reflections...

Mountain Biodiversity and Sustainable Development

VOL 40 | NO 2
Upcoming

Mountain biodiversity provides billions of people with vital ecosystem services and sources of livelihoods. MRD is looking for papers that...

The Role of Culture in Transformation Towards Sustainable Development in Mountains

VOL 39 | NO 4
In progress

Mountain communities are undergoing rapid sociocultural change, caused by drivers like outmigration, urbanization, and ...

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Adaptation to Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Mountains

VOL 39 | NO 2
May 2019

The collection of evidence and...

Food Security and Sustainable Development in Mountains

VOL 38 | NO 4
November 2018

This issue presents options towards more sustainable food systems, like the nutrition-sensitive agriculture approach tested in several countries, and resilient multilocal...

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Change, Collective Action, and Cultural Resilience in Páramo Management in Ecuador

By María López-Sandoval and Paola Maldonado

This study examines how agricultural frontier expansion and grazing practices develop in the...

MountainResearch

Ke garne? How Values and Worldviews Influence Resilience to Natural Hazards: A Case Study From Mustang, Nepal

By Eva Posch et al

How do values and worldviews influence lodge owners’ proactive behavior in the face of natural hazards? Findings show that resilience building initiatives should take into account...

MountainResearch

Transmitting and Transforming (Agri)-Cultural Values of Mountain Farming: Farm-based Educational Services in South Tyrol

By Verena Gramm et al

These case studies from northern Italy show how farm-based educational services for children help not only to transmit (agri-)cultural traditions to non-farmers, but also to...

MountainDevelopment

Adaptive Strategies Adopted by Herders Against the Decollectivization of Rangeland in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau in China

By Yang Zhe et al

Community-based self-management of...

MountainDevelopment

Monitoring Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Colombia’s High Andean Ecosystems: Towards an Integrated Strategy

By Luis D. Llambí et al

This article proposes a strategy...

MountainAgenda

Regional Variations in Vegetation Patterns on Landslides in the Snowy Mountains of Central Japan

By Sadao Takaoka

This study shows that snowy conditions have long-term effects on vegetation structure and diversity on old landslides in Japan’s mountains. Such understanding of regional...

MountainResearch

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Ke garne? How Values and Worldviews Influence Resilience to Natural Hazards: A Case Study From Mustang, Nepal

MRD’s International Editorial Board substantially enlarged for new 3-year term

Open Issue

How Can Education Contribute to Sustainable Mountain Development? Past, Present, and Future Perspectives

Identifying Paths to Successful Higher Education for Girls in the Solukhumbu District, Nepal

New books on mountains out for review

Monitoring Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Colombia’s High Andean Ecosystems: Towards an Integrated Strategy

Focus Topics

How Can Education Contribute to Sustainable Mountain Development? Past, Present, and Future Perspectives

Mountain Biodiversity and Sustainable Development

The Role of Culture in Transformation Towards Sustainable Development in Mountains

Adaptation to Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Mountains

Food Security and Sustainable Development in Mountains

Latest Articles

Change, Collective Action, and Cultural Resilience in Páramo Management in Ecuador

Ke garne? How Values and Worldviews Influence Resilience to Natural Hazards: A Case Study From Mustang, Nepal

Transmitting and Transforming (Agri)-Cultural Values of Mountain Farming: Farm-based Educational Services in South Tyrol

Adaptive Strategies Adopted by Herders Against the Decollectivization of Rangeland in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau in China

Himalayan Histories: Economy, Polity, Religious Traditions

Wakhan Quadrangle: Exploration and Espionage During and After the Great Game

Sustainable Land Management (SLM) in Practice in the Kagera Basin: Lessons Learned for Scaling Up at Landscape Level

Identifying Paths to Successful Higher Education for Girls in the Solukhumbu District, Nepal

Monitoring Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Colombia’s High Andean Ecosystems: Towards an Integrated Strategy

Regional Variations in Vegetation Patterns on Landslides in the Snowy Mountains of Central Japan

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