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Farmers in Honghe County, Yunnan Province, China, formed a cooperative to learn how to grow edible fungi by working with a local mushroom factory—which is partnering with scientists from the Honghe Innovations Centre to pioneer recycling of wastes back into production. Photo by Juan Xiong; Source: Grumbine RE, Xu J. 2021. Mountain futures: Pursuing innovative adaptations in coupled social–ecological systems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 19(6):342–348. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2345

Innovation Pathways to Sustainability in Mountains

VOL 45 | NO 3
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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

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VOL 45 | NO 2
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Read about adaptive pastoralist livelihoods in the Andes, off-piste skiing and climate change in...

The roles of trees differ across landscapes. In Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains, farm trees are of great cultural importance to the local Amazigh communities. (Photo by Tobias Plieninger)

Woodland Resurgence and Sustainability in Mountains—Patterns, Drivers, and Social-Ecological Consequences

VOL 45 | NO 1
February 2025

Farm trees as cultural keystone species in Morocco, Andean forest restoration in Peru, and forest...

Springs are essential sources of water for mountain communities in Nepal’s mid-hills. © Jitendra Raj Bajracharya/ICIMOD

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VOL 44 | NO 4
November 2024

Benefits and costs of spring revival in Nepal, the Andean Social–Ecological Observatory Network, or...

The valley floor of the Santa valley around the city of Huaraz, Peru, is undergoing rural–urban change, impacting periurban villages in the Quechua elevational zone. Photo by Andreas Haller

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VOL 44 | NO 3
August 2024

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

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Transhumant farmers bringing their cattle from the summer pastures down to the valley near Frutigen, Switzerland. Photo by Marlène Thibault

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What does it take for mountain tourism to support sustainable and resilient development? A local transports trekkers’ bags near Yashilkul, Tajikistan. Photo by Marlène Thibault

Mountain Tourism—Trends and Transformations Toward Sustainability and Resilience

VOL 46 | NO 1
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How can tourism support sustainable development in mountains? We invite papers that analyze trends...

Gentiana bavarica on Loetschen Pass in the Swiss Alps. Photo by Marlène Thibault

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Mountains—a vital source of freshwater. Photo by Marlène Thibault

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View of Huaraz and surroundings in the Peruvian Andes—one of the world’s many mountain regions facing unprecedented change. Photo by Wolfgang Gurgiser

Collaborative Research for Sustainable Mountain Futures—Special Issue from the International Mountain Conference 2025

VOL 46 | NO 4
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We invite papers emerging from recent research collaborations across different disciplines...

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