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Mountain Research and Development Vol 44, No 4 available online and open access

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Articles in this open issue’s MountainResearch section present a framework for assessing the benefits and costs of spring revival in Nepal, analyze Iranian herder households’ livelihood choices with a view to poverty alleviation, and examine the prospects of sustainable tourism in southeastern Serbia’s mountain protected areas. In the MountainAgenda section, authors from the Andean Social–Ecological Observatory Network detail the network’s origins, structure, objectives, and strategies. In the MountainPlatform section, the Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences presents its new research concept. Three obituaries and the editorial pay tribute to the journal’s founding editor, Jack D. Ives.

The issue is available online and open access:
https://bioone.org/journals/mountain-research-and-development/volume-44/issue-4

Read about the journal’s section policies, guidelines, and submission procedure at:
https://www.mrd-journal.org/

The MRD Editorial Team
MRD Editorial Office, University of Bern, Centre for Development and Environment
mrd-journal.cde@unibe.ch

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