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Call for papers: Mountain Tourism—Trends and Transformations Toward Sustainability and Resilience

24.09.2024

Mountain Research and Development has opened a call for papers on mountain tourism trends and transformations toward sustainability and resilience.

What are current trends in mountain tourism and how do they impact communities and ecosystems amid global change and overtourism? How can tourism be codeveloped and governed to benefit mountain...

The Alps and the Ardennes share experiences

03.10.2014

A workshop strengthened the connection between two mountain areas in the heart of Europe - the Alps and the Ardennes. International, national, regional and local authorities, the scientific community and...

Medicinal plants help Nepal’s mountain communities

01.10.2014

In a tiny village called Chepuwa in the Sankhuwasabha district of Nepal, high in the Himalayas and almost four days’ trek from the nearest road, Mikmar Bhote has been growing...

Site preserves Polish mountain life and culture

26.09.2014

The European Association of Elected Representatives from Mountain Areas in Poland and Wojtowice - Back to the future, an NGO whose mission is to promote sustainable mountain development...

Mountain Research and Development issue online

25.09.2014

A decade after the last issue of Mountain Research and Development dedicated to women in mountains, the current issue (Volume 34, Issue 3) on Gender and Sustainable Development...

Chile announces national mountain committee

23.09.2014

The Chilean Mountain Committee was created on 12 September 2014. Seven ministers and seven service chiefs signed a decree forming a working group, which will aim to advise diverse state...

Landscape conservation and development in Myanmar

22.09.2014

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) with its partners has been engaged in developing transboundary landscapes applying an ecosystem approach. For this purpose, seven transboundary landscapes...