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Outdoor activities: A blessing or a curse for mountain environments and societies?

Outdoor activities: A blessing or a curse for mountain environments and societies?

The panelists explored how science, business, civil society, and global initiatives can help make...

Weaving Together Knowledges—Collaborations in Support of the Wellbeing of Mountain Peoples and Regions

Weaving Together Knowledges—Collaborations in Support of the Wellbeing of Mountain Peoples and Regions

This focus issue showcases examples of knowledge coproduction between mountain researchers and...

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Open Science as a Means to Decolonize Scientific Publishing and Foster Fairer Research Collaborations

MRD’s editorial team is cohosting an online workshop with the University of Bern’s Open Science...

Jack D. Ives. Photo by Nadine Ives

In memoriam: Jack D. Ives, founding editor of MRD

Jack D. Ives, Editor of MRD from 1981–1999, died on 15 September 2024 at the age of 92. His life...

Call for papers for MRD’s MountainDevelopment and MountainAgenda sections

MRD invites papers for its MountainDevelopment and MountainAgenda sections. They should provide...

How can monitoring support action and policies for sustainable futures in mountains?

How can monitoring support action and policies for sustainable futures in mountains?

An MRD author and other panelists discussed insights from research, two regional monitoring...

Urbanization, mountain entrepreneurs, and more

Urbanization, mountain entrepreneurs, and more

Articles examine rural–urban change in Peru, cultural ecosystem services in Armenia, rural...

A large share of agricultural land in Valposchiavo is organically cultivated. © Valposchiavo Turismo

How can social innovations contribute to local mountain economies? Learnings from science and practice

MRD authors and other panelists shared insights and experiences from the Swiss Alps, the Hindu Kush...

How can knowledge support restoration and conservation of mountain ecosystems for the benefit of people and nature?

How can knowledge support restoration and conservation of mountain ecosystems for the benefit of people and nature?

Panelists closely involved with research, policy, and practice will share insights on how knowledge...

Rhaetian poppies (Papaver alpinum subsp. rhaeticum) in the Grison Alps, 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...

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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