Mountains Sustainability
Introduction
Representatives from across the world including governments, international...
The newest issue of Mountain Research and Development (MRD)—Vol 36, No 2—is now available online and open access. In this Focus Issue, several papers address modernization and sustainable development, showing that development in mountains can take up positive aspects...
Traditionally, Ethiopia is referred the water tower of Africa. The abundant water resources are manifested by rivers, underground water, ponds and lakes. The availability of seasonal rainfall in Kiremt and Belg seasons makes the water volume to increase. In...
It is with pleasure that we invite you to Mountain Futures, an innovative conference on mountains in the Anthropocene, to take place from 1–4 March 2016 in Kunming, Yunnan, China.
The conference is different in that it seeks to collect and nurture seeds of a positive...
In preparation for the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that will take place in Paris during the period 30 November – 11 December, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat in collaboration...
Migration is greatly affecting mountain societies and mountain ecosystems. Mountain Research and Development...
Rising temperatures are melting the Sierra Nevada snowpack
Renewable energy currently provides the main hope that the world can avoid the catastrophic consequences of climate change. But in addition to its bigger picture promise, renewable technologies can help solve the pressing social and environmental problems of local communities without...
'Making the Voices of Global Civil Society Heard and Heeded!'
In parallel to the World Forestry Congress (WFC2015) being held in Durban this September,...