Making Connections for Our Changing Mountains: Future Directions for the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI)

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.Fil: Adler, Carolina. University of Bern; SuizaFil: Balsiger, Jörg. Universidad de Ginebra; SuizaFil: Grêt Regamey, Adrienne. University of Bern; SuizaFil: Heinimann, Andreas. University of Bern; SuizaFil: Huggel, Christian. Universitat Zurich; SuizaFil: Weingartner, Rolf. University of Bern; SuizaFil: Alcántara Ayala, Irasema. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; MéxicoFil: Gebrekirstos, Aster. World Agroforestry; KeniaFil: Grau, Hector Ricardo. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional; ArgentinaFil: Jimenez, Elizabeth. Universidad Mayor de San Andrés; BoliviaFil: Marchant, Robert. University of York; Reino UnidoFil: Mark, Bryan. Ohio State University; Estados UnidosFil: Marshall, Shawn. University of Calgary; CanadáFil: Morin, Samuel. Universite Grenoble Alpes; FranciaFil: Shahgedanova, Maria. University of Reading; Reino UnidoFil: Shrestha, Mandira Singh. International Centre For Integrated Mountain Development; NepalFil: Xu, Jianchu. Chinese Academy of Sciences; República de Chin