Mountain Research and Development Journal
Alpaca breeders’ village on the slopes of the Ausangate mountain in Pitumarca, Cusco, Peru. Photo by Sarah-Lan Mathez-Stiefel
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MRD’s topic editors: Biraj Adhikari, Sunetra Ghatak, Ricardo Grau, and Denis Samyn.
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.

Hybrid innovation—merging old and new technology—in a mountain product value chain in Hungary: a henhouse made of mud, wood, straw, and stones to keep the animals cool, warm, and safe, fitted with a solar-panel-driven door that closes automatically at sunset to keep foxes out. Photo by Gusztáv Nemes
Innovation Pathways to Sustainability in Mountains

Vol 45, No 3 | Issue complete

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 innovation in...

Andean peatlands, or bofedales, such as the one in the community of Caripe in Sajama National Park—shown here with Sajama peak—provide vital pasture for llamas and alpacas. An article in this issue shows that community-based land tenure arrangements can support adaptive livelihoods among pastoralists by incentivizing labor migrants to return occasionally to their home communities to maintain land and animals according to customary practices. Photo by Tom Perreault
Pastoralist livelihoods, Alpine interface areas, and more

Vol 45, No 2 | Issue complete

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 France, and more.

Sarah-Lan Mathez-Stiefel giving a training session she gave at the International Mountain Conference 2022. Photo by Susanne Wymann
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.

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