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A warm welcome to our new topic editors!
Biraj Adhikari, Sunetra Ghatak, Ricardo Grau, and Denis Samyn have joined the editorial team as topic editors for the coming 3 years. Click to find out more about them.
Mountain Tourism—Trends and Transformations Toward Sustainability and Resilience
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.
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...
Yak herding, science–society interaction, topography–development links
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...
Innovation Pathways to Sustainability in Mountains
How can innovation contribute to sustainability in mountains? Exploring this from different angles, the issue’s articles reflect the diversified nature, processes, and impacts of...
We are looking for topic editors to join the team!
Help shape knowledge for sustainable mountain futures and be part of a unique, not-for-profit, community-supported scientific journal aiming for societal impact!
Meet MRD’s associate editors at IMC25
Heading to the International Mountain Conference 2025 in Innsbruck? MRD is cohosting three sessions designed to support mountain researchers and development practitioners.
Woodland Resurgence and Sustainability in Mountains—Patterns, Drivers, and Social-Ecological Consequences
Farm trees as cultural keystone species in Morocco, Andean forest restoration in Peru, and forest structural complexity in Nepal: read about these and other topics in this focus...
Pastoralist livelihoods, Alpine interface areas, and more
Read about adaptive pastoralist livelihoods in the Andes, interface areas in the European Alps, trail running sustainability in Romania, off-piste skiing and climate change in...
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- Afromontane Research Unit (ARU), University of the Free State, Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa
- Andean Initiative, International Potato Center, Lima, Peru
- Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern, Switzerland
- Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion (CONDESAN), Lima, Peru
- 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
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Mountain Research (CIRM), University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal
- Mountain Research Initiative (MRI), Bern, Switzerland
- UNIMONT – University of Milan, Center of Applied Studies for the Sustainable Management and Protection of Mountain Areas, Edolo, Italy
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