Mountain grasslands face biodiversity loss. The G4B project surveys stakeholders to guide conservation policies, revealing consensus on public funding but differing views on ecosystem services
The governance of transformative territorial innovations
What forms of governance might be favourable to collaboration between innovators, institutions, and the public sphere, enabling these territorial innovations to achieve their transformative potential?
The governance of transformative territorial innovations
What forms of governance might be favourable to collaboration between innovators, institutions, and the public sphere, enabling these territorial innovations to achieve their transformative potential?
Resilience and Regeneration: Forest recovery after fire in the Almora district of the Indian Himalaya
The study assesses forest fire impacts on Almora’s Himalayan forests, analyzing vegetation recovery, species dynamics, and management strategies.
Stakeholders’ fatigue and the problem of “too much [research], too little [giving back]” in action research in the mountains
This paper discusses the issues of communities being over-researched and over-engaged as part of the inter- and transdisciplinary research and presents alternatives to address this ethical challenge.
Overcoming Barriers to Transdisciplinary Collaborations in Mountain Regions: An Adaptive Framework for Actionable knowledge co-production
TD research helps tackle mountain challenges but faces implementation barriers. We propose an adaptive framework to enhance knowledge co-production for more inclusive and actionable science
Language Difference and its Representation at Mountain Festivals: Translation and Subtitles
This paper brings translation and language difference to the fore in mountaineering studies, focusing on film subtitling at international mountain festivals.
Stem wood density variability and compression wood proportions in European treeline seedlings of Picea abies.
This study quantifies stem WD variations in Norway spruce treeline seedlings, revealing potential compression wood’s role in stem structure and ecological performance
Stakeholder perception of the management of species-rich grasslands in mountain areas.
Mountain grasslands face biodiversity loss. The G4B project surveys stakeholders to guide conservation policies, revealing consensus on public funding but differing views on ecosystem services
“Acts of God” or avoidable political hazards: The making of Sikkim’s catastrophic dam-break disaster and learning from it.
Dams are often lauded as engineering marvels, but dam breaks are conveniently clubbed into the category acts of God occurring under force majeure, shifting accountability from human to nonhuman causes