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!

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People networking in a casual setting, with refreshments. Photo by Thriday on Unsplash

Going to #IMC25 next week? Stop by for a chat! The International Mountain Society and MRD are offering a networking workshop to connect, share ideas, and help shape the future of mountain research!
17 September 2025, 7:15 – 8:45 PM CEST/UTC+2, MCI – SR 303. t.ly/GOePE
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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.Soci 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 next week? Take the opportunity to meet MRD's associate editors! They are cohosting three sessions designed to support mountain researchers and development practitioners. Check them out: t.ly/0uOSv or 👇🏻
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Cover of book entitled The Canadian Mountain Assessment: Walking Together to Enhance Understanding of Mountains in Canada

Just out: Ignacio Palomo’s review of “The Canadian Mountain Assessment: Walking Together to Enhance Understanding of Mountains in Canada,” by Graham McDowell, Madison Stevens, Shawn Marshall, and many others.
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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! Find out more: www.mrd-journal.org/topic-editors. Logo showing upper corner of tilted stack of three papers, resembling a mountain range, and 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

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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

Cover of Mountain Research and Development, Vol 45, No 1. The cover photo shows a terraced landscape in the Moroccan High Atlas Mountains, with fields interspersed with various trees. More rugged, forested mountains are visible in the background. Caption: The roles of trees differ across landscapes. In Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains, farm trees are of great cultural importance to the local Amazigh communities. (Photo by Tobias Plieninger @plienigerlab.bsky.social)

Our focus issue on woodland resurgence and sustainability in mountains is complete! Articles assess restoration projects in Peru and Nepal, forest structural complexity in Nepal, and the role of farm trees as cultural keystone species in Morocco. Read the issue: t.ly/DL_i8
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Are you participating in #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 more and submit your notice of intent by 15 June! t.ly/0MkKb

It was a great pleasure and truly inspiring to work with the incredibly engaged and dedicated young researchers from the Southern African mountains during the Early Career Workshop at #SAMC2025!

Olive trees in the terraced landscape of the High Atlas. Sustaining livelihoods and cultural identity, olive is the main cultural keystone species here. Photo by Tobias Plieninger @plieningerlab.bsky.social

Olive, walnut, and almond are cultural keystone species for the Amazigh communities in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains. Knowing this can enhance biocultural conservation. Read the article by @mobarakchaima.bsky.social, @laurakmoch.bsky.social, @plieningerlab.bsky.social and coauthors: t.ly/3Hc4J

A community member collects Polylepis stakes for propagation in the communal nursery. Photo courtesy of The Mountain Institute/Instituto de Montaña.

What does it take to successfully restore Andean Polylepis forests? Tina Christmann and coauthors assess a model project led by Instituto de Montaña in Aquia, Peru, analyzing restoration procedures and outcomes and pinpointing key success factors. t.ly/bcqve

Prakash Basnet scans one of the forest plots with a laser scanner. Photo by Smita Das

Forest structural complexity is essential for a forest’s ecological health. Prakash Basnet and colleagues assessed it in Nepal’s Annapurna Conservation Area and examined potential drivers to inform management and conservation efforts. Get the details: t.ly/Y6dOR