Articles in this focus issue offer further evidence of mountain species’ importance for human livelihoods and wellbeing. They also call for effective conservation and management approaches.

MRD invites papers that address transformations affecting mountain pastoralists and rangelands, their interactions with other systems, and the answers local communities, policymakers, and scientists can give.

The authors analyze how the relatively late emergence of female education initiated a process of rapid social change in a remote mountain community in Pakistan.

This analysis of forest–tundra demographics over the last 50 years contributes to understanding climate-driven changes in woody vegetation at the upper treeline.

The authors give a detailed description of a successful effort to diversify the structure and tree species composition of spruce forests in an air-polluted mountain region of the Czech Republic.

Martin Price, MRD’s highly committed MountainMedia Editor of 27 years, will retire at the end of the year. We look forward to see his work continued by Carolina Adler, Executive Director of MRI.

This study examines the abundance and distribution of species across elevation classes. The results are intended to inform conservation efforts and regional planning towards sustainable use of the Moghan...

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!

Based on their analysis of forage availability and the diets of livestock and two wild herbivores, the authors recommend monitoring and limiting livestock numbers in their study area in Uttarkashi district of...

This analysis uncovers hidden factors of community-based tourism in the South Caucasus and highlights the need to integrate community development with tourism practice.