학술논문
Making Connections for Our Changing Mountains: Future Directions for the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI)
Document Type
article
Author
Carolina Adler; Jörg Balsiger; Adrienne Grêt-Regamey; Andreas Heinimann; Christian Huggel; Rolf Weingartner; Irasema Alcántara-Ayala; Aster Gebrekirstos; Ricardo Grau; Elizabeth Jimenez; Robert Marchant; Bryan Mark; Shawn Marshall; Samuel Morin; Maria Shahgedanova; Mandira Singh Shrestha; Jianchu Xu
Source
Mountain Research and Development, Vol 40, Iss 3, Pp P1-P6 (2020)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0276-4741
1994-7151
1994-7151
Abstract
The Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) promotes basic and applied research to understand how drivers and processes of global change present challenges and opportunities in mountain social-ecological systems. It convenes a global network that collectively generates and synthesizes knowledge on global change in mountains that also supports decisions and actions to enable sustainable development. Building on the considerable social and intellectual wealth fostered by the MRI over its past 20-plus years of existence, we outline future directions aimed at supporting and further developing the network as well as our flagship and community-led activities aimed at linking and scaling interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research efforts within and across mountain regions worldwide.