Mountain Research and Development Journal
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...

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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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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