Mountain Research and Development (MRD)

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.

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...

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

By Sadao Takaoka

MountainResearch

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 variations can support ecosystem...

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...

Latest Articles

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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 rangeland appears to be the best strategy for herders in the...

MountainDevelopment

Himalayan Histories: Economy, Polity, Religious Traditions

A review by Jagjeet Lally of the book by Chetan Singh

MountainMedia

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

A review by Marcus Nüsser of the book by Hermann Kreutzmann

MountainMedia

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

A review by Luuk Fleskens of the...

MountainMedia

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

By Sally E. Wier and Martin F. Price

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

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 for integrated monitoring of biodiversity and ecosystem services...

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

FAO Assists in Enhancing the Resilience of Mountain Communities and Environments

By Yuka Makino

The Water and Mountains Team in FAO’s Forestry Division supports mountain environments by calling for targeted investments and mountain-related policies, and by collaborating with...

MountainPlatform

The Afromontane Research Unit: Reaching for New Heights

By V. Ralph Clark et al

The Afromontane Research Unit...

MountainPlatform

The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment

A review by Martin F. Price of the book edited by Philippus Wester et al

MountainMedia

International Mountain Society and Sponsors

Afromontane Research Unit (ARU), University of the Free State, Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern, Switzerland
Centre for Mountain Studies (CMS), Perth College, University of the Highlands and Islands, Perth, Scotland
Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion (CONDESAN), Lima, Peru
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
Forum Landscape, Alps, Parks (FoLAP), Bern, Switzerland
Global Mountain Safeguard Research (GLOMOS), United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, Bonn, Germany and Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy
Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences (IGF/ÖAW), Innsbruck, Austria
Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment (IMHE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
Interdisciplinary Centre for Mountain Research (ICMR), University of Lausanne, Switzerland
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal
Mountain Research Initiative (MRI), Bern, Switzerland
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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

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

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

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

FAO Assists in Enhancing the Resilience of Mountain Communities and Environments

The Afromontane Research Unit: Reaching for New Heights

The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment

International Mountain Society and Sponsors

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