Mountain Research and Development
The leading international scientific journal specifically devoted to sustainable development in the world’s mountains

Published by the International Mountain Society (IMS)

Mountain Research and Development Journal

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Goats in a corral in the High Monte of Northwest Argentina. The animals graze during the day and are returned to the corral at sunset to prevent predation. Rural outmigration in the region is coupled with a marked reduction in livestock herd sizes, as an article in this issue shows. Photo by Ana L. Dip Yordanoff

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VOL 46 | NO 2
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Topics include links between rural outmigration and land use change in Argentina, adaptive...

Large quantities of chhurpi—a hard cheese made from yak buttermilk—produced by a private dairy in Gatlang, Nepal. While the state-supported marketization of yak products has boosted some households’ income, it is simultaneously eroding traditional sustainable herding practices and causing environmental degradation, as shown in the article by Indra Mani Rai and colleagues in this issue. Photo by Dipak Raj Rai

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VOL 45 | NO 4
November 2025

Shifts in yak herding in Nepal, science–society interaction in biosphere reserves worldwide...

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
May 2025

Read about adaptive pastoralist livelihoods in the Andes, interface areas in the European Alps...


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Mountain landscape in Val d'Anniviers, Valais, Switzerland. Photo by Marlène Thibault

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Biodiversity seems intact in this lush mountain meadow – but is it really? Photo by Marlène Thibault

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