Brigitte Portner

Olivier Pichard

👂🦆 1/2 «Das Hörbare ermöglicht eine andere Art, wie wir unsere Umwelt wahrnehmen», sagt Olivier Pichard, Klangforscher in Lille (F). In der 3. Folge unseres Podcasts 𝗨𝗻𝗯𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆. Und er erklärt, wie Frankreich das sensorische Erbe seiner Landschaften schützt. 🌿
🎧 (FR) 👉 t.ly/xnxdT

Sarah-Lan Mathez-Stiefel

Recording device on forest ground

🌿We can learn a lot from Indigenous peoples about how to protect ecosystems, says Sarah-Lan Mathez-Stiefel (#CDE & @wyssacademy.bsky.social) in episode 4 of our podcast 𝗨𝗻𝗯𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆. And she explains why this is key to our future.
🎧 t.ly/gGmba
#IndigenousKnowledge

Astrid Zabel

🌿1/2 «Wir sollten Geräusche & Gerüche der Natur stärker in den Schutz der #Biodiversität einbeziehen», so Astrid Zabel, CDE, in der 2. Folge unseres Podcasts 𝗨𝗻𝗯𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆. Denn ohne Verbindung zur Natur verlieren wir das Gefühl dafür, was wir schützen wollen. 🌱

🎧(DE) 👉 t.ly/fMEwP

View of Valle d’Aosta from Bard Fortress. Photo by Dario Musolino. The flat valley floor with green fields, some trees, and small towns has a powerline, a highway, the river Dora Baltea, and a road running along it. It is nested between steep mountains consisting partly of forested slopes and partly of bare cliffs and rock faces. The stone roof of the fortress is visible in the foreground.

Does a circular economy lend itself as a sustainable way forward for high mountain regions? In a Delphi survey among stakeholders in Valle d’Aosta, Italy, Domenico Tassone and Dario Musolino found it would—but transitioning requires cultural change and targeted policies: doi.org/10.1659/mrd....

Eric Allen

1/2 🐝 «Wir haben viel ruhigere Graslandschaften, da wir die Insekten verlieren.» In der 1. Folge unseres Podcasts 𝗨𝗻𝗯𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 stellt Eric Allen @unibe.ch ein Biodiversitäts-Langzeitexperiment vor und zeigt auf, warum das Summen in der Landschaft wichtig ist. 🌿
🎧 (EN) 👉 t.ly/4BD99

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

A herder takes chauri (female yaks) up a dirt road to the designated pasture for day herding in the village of Gatlang. Photo by Dipak Raj Rai

Market-driven yak herding in Gatlang, Nepal, is threatening traditional sustainable grazing practices. Policies must recognize and integrate these traditional practices to sustain mountain ecosystems. Read the article by Indra Mani Rai and coauthors: doi.org/10.1659/mrd....
#MountainsMatter

A snowy, sunny winter scenery, with the upper station of a ski lift and some skiers the foreground and several hills with numerous wind turbines in the background. These are the wind farms of Pretul, Steinriegel, and Hochpürtschling in Styria, Austria. A total of 48 wind turbines produce 115 MW, providing approximately 75,000 households with electricity. © Schindelegger 2020

How can Alpine regions transition to renewables while preserving landscapes and open spaces? Marco Pütz and colleagues discuss the role of spatial planning and propose an agenda for future development and governance: doi.org/10.1659/mrd....
@wslresearch.bsky.social @bokuvienna.bsky.social

I was recently invited to present my thoughts on the role of universities in the #climate crisis

Several audience members asked that I share my slides, so I've decided to post them here too as an open resource

I'd love any feedback, & for you to share examples of projects & best practice.

Long 🧵😊

A critical remembrance of Jane Goodall for the latest issue of @thecontinent.org. Open to comments and feedback www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...

Social media card with a background photo of snow-covered mountains towering over a landscape of rocks, grass, and fir trees, taken by Susanne Wymann von Dach, and the following text: “Mountain Research and Development is looking for Topic Editors to join the editorial team! Apply now and help shape knowledge for sustainable mountain futures!” At the bottom right is the journal’s logo showing the upper left corner of a tilted stack of three papers, resembling a mountain range, and the text “Mountain Research and Development.”

We are looking for topic editors to join the team!

Help shape knowledge for sustainable mountain futures and be part of a unique, not-for-profit, community-supported scientific journal aiming for societal impact!

Find out more and apply by 24 Oct: t.ly/PAzBF

#AcademicSky #MountainsMatter

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

MRD associate editor Susanne Wymann von Dach shares useful tips with a diverse audience of mountain researchers on how to get their papers published in a peer-reviewed journal.

Theresa Tribaldos, Managing Director of the International Mountain Society, presents the quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal Mountain Research and Development, which is published by the society.

Big thanks for yesterday’s inspiring training session and energizing networking event at #IMC25. We’re grateful for the learning and connections!

#MountainResearch #Collaboration #MountainFutures

Photo showing shared presentation table of the journal Mountain Research and Development and its publisher, the International Mountain Society, with flyers laid out, posters on the wall behind, and two people standing and talking next to it.

Are you at #IMC25? Come visit us at SOWI, 2nd floor!
We have a shared MRD/IMS table and are happy to chat about
- publishing your research,
- the possibility of your becoming an MRD topic editor,
- our special issue from #IMC25,
- and anything else you’d like to discuss!
#MountainsMatter

🌍 Bachelor’s & Master’s students from anywhere in the world, if you care about #sustainability transformations - this is for you! Find out more 👇🏻 and apply by 15 October 2025.

#AcademicSky #OnlineCourse #sustainabilitytransformations

This harvested cereal field is a site of agricultural innovation in Grisons, Switzerland: In one of the 455 value chains analyzed, a cooperative of organic cereal producers revived cereal production at high elevations up to 1600 masl by leveraging a diversity of cereal breeds, ancestral techniques, and modern standards. Photo by Emilia Schmitt

Ecological practices in European mountain product value chains are significantly associated with social innovation and collaborative governance. Policies for a green transition should be focused accordingly. Read the article by E. Schmitt et al: doi.org/10.1659/mrd....

I was shocked when I first saw these results from standard climate models used in IPCC reports: for high emissions, the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC shuts down in all 9 models that ran past 2100, and is well on the way to shutdown by 2100.
Our paper on that is out today.🧵

Wie klingt Biodiversität?🌿
Wie duftet Natur? 🐝
Tauche an der Nacht der Forschung in die Welt der #Biodiversität ein und erfahre in 5 Hörstücken mehr über die Forschung zur biologischen Vielfalt.
Besuche uns an 𝗨𝗻𝗯𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆!
6. Sept., 16:00-23:00
UniS, 1. UG, Foyer B-102
#ndfunibern

Editor roles in not-for-profit scientific journals focused on sustainable mountain futures don’t come around often — but here’s an exciting opportunity!

Apply by October 24.

#ScienceEditing #AcademicPublishing #PeerReview

Editor roles in not-for-profit scientific journals focused on sustainable mountain futures don’t come around often — but here’s an exciting opportunity. Apply by October 24.

#Scientificpublishing #MountainsMatter #sustainability #AcademicSky

The peer-review crisis: how to fix an overloaded system Nature - Journals and funders are trying to boost the speed and effectiveness of review processes that are under strain.

Journals and funders are trying to boost the speed and effectiveness of review processes that are under strain

go.nature.com/4oACp8A

🌍 Bachelor’s & Master’s students from anywhere in the world, if you care about #sustainability transformations - this is for you! Find out more 👇🏻 and apply by 15 October 2025.

#AcademicSky #OnlineCourse #sustainabilitytransformations

Cover of Mountain Research and Development, Volume 45, Number 2 | May 2025. The cover photo, taken by Tom Perreault, shows the Andean peatlands, or bofedales, in the community of Caripe in Sajama National Park, with snow-capped Sajama peak in the background. Bofedales provide vital pasture for llamas and alpacas. An article in this issue of Mountain Research and Development shows that community-based land tenure arrangements in these areas 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.

Another issue is complete! Read about adaptive pastoralist livelihoods in the Andes, interface areas in the European Alps as a new spatial planning category, sustainability pathways for trail running in Romania, off-piste skiing and climate change in France, and more! t.ly/M6x0A

#MountainsMatter

Social media card with the following text: Meet MRD’s associate editors at the International Mountain Conference 2025! Cohosted sessions: Training Session: How to Get Your Mountain Paper Published (Session ID: WS 3.132). A hands-on training session with MRD and eco.mont editors, perfect for early-career researchers and anyone looking to boost their submission management skills and their publishing success. Networking Workshop (Session ID: PS 3.110). Offered in collaboration with the International Mountain Society, this will be the perfect opportunity to connect, share your work, and help shape ways to strengthen the mountain research and development community. Innovative Approaches for Mountain Resilience: Bridging Practice, Science, and the Private Sector (Session ID: WS 3.118). Promoting Innovations for Sustainable Development: Learnings from Pilot Activities. Explore real-world examples of innovative projects driving sustainable mountain development and the lessons learned from their implementation. This text is followed by photos of MRD’s associate editors Susanne Wymann von Dach, Brigitte Portner, and Sarah-Lan Mathez-Stiefel. At the bottom is MRD’s logo, consisting of three parts: on the left, a schematic image of three stacked sheets of paper with text lines, tilted with the top left corner pointing upwards to make them look like a mountain range; on the right, the acronym mrd in large lowercase letters; and across the bottom, the journal’s full title, Mountain Research and Development.

Heading to the International Mountain Conference 2025 in Innsbruck? MRD is cohosting three sessions designed to support mountain researchers and development practitioners. Check them out: t.ly/0uOSv or 👇🏻
#MountainsMatter #IMC25

Call for papers: Collaborative Research for Sustainable Mountain Futures—Special Issue from the International Mountain Conference 2025. Send us your notice of ntent by 15 June 2025 and submit your paper by 15 October 2025! With photo by Wolfgang Gurgiser of Huaraz and surroundings in the Peruvian Andes—one of the world’s many mountain regions facing unprecedented change. And with logos of Mountain Research and Development and the International Mountain Conference in Innsbruck, 2025.

🔔1 week left to send your notice of intent!
Are you going to #IMC2025? We invite papers emerging from recent research collaborations across different disciplines, experiences, and geographic and cultural perspectives that will be presented at the conference. Read the full call for papers: t.ly/0MkKb

In response to the Executive Orders issued by the White House affecting scientific researchers in the USA and globally, this new Editorial in European Science Editing calls for Editors and journals to adhere to established scientific consensus and evidence-based practices

doi.org/10.3897/ese....

Hard to over-estimate the potential significance of this - if the trend continues

“Cooperative relationships don’t just fall from the sky, they have to be shaped.”

#sustainability #counterpunch #academicsky

“It is precisely what has made us special as a journal ... that also makes us highly labour-intensive.”

Personal author interaction, support for non-native English speakers, and caring for interdisciplinary network to find appropriate reviewers comes at a price. WOLG will be missed.

'30 years of success and ready to face future challenges. ForumAlpinum aims to unite top Alpine researchers and disciplines for stronger regional coordination and expertise.'

#Mountains #research #community #sustainability