There are some international organizations that have been in existence for many years, which have shaped the fields of mountain research, education, policymaking, grounded activism, support, partnering and publishing. Our mountain sustainability constituencies are growing and in need of evolving communications strategies.
All of the organizations and entities listed in this report have content-filled web sites, portals or at least a simple web presence. Many are creators and disseminators of monthly newsletters, downloadable reports, journals and new media content. In so many ways, we are all interactive digital media publishers. While we also conduct and participate in conferences and meetings, valuing face-to-face contact and exchange, our times have pressed the issue of utilizing networked connectivity for virtual meetings, decision-making processes and creative sharing.
Publishing has been in the throws of an ongoing revolution mediated by digital computing, data processing, imaging, archiving, review, translating, internetworking, searching, new economic and distribution models. What will the next few years hold and strategically require of us?
Peak to Peak
Monthly Newsletter of the Mountain Partnership
http://www.fao.org/mountain-partnership/peak-to-peak/current-issue/en/
Mountain Research and Development
The leading international scientific journal specifically devoted to sustainable development in the world’s mountains, Published by the International Mountain Society (IMS)
The Journal of Mountain Science
The Journal of Mountain Science, started in 2004, is an international English-language journal on mountain sciences. The JMS is supervised by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), sponsored by the Chengdu Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS, published by Science Press China, and distributed by Springer exclusively throughout the world (excluding Mainland China). The United Nations University (UNU) takes part in the editorial work and supports subscriptions for institutions in developing and transition countries.
https://www.springer.com/journal/11629 Latest issue: Volume 17, Issue 11, November 2020
Editor-in-Chief, Peng Cui Executive Editor-in-Chief, Dunlian Qiu
HimalDoc
HimalDoc ICIMOD’s central document repository and online digital library, HimalDoc is a one-stop portal for publications, journal articles, reports, theses, photos, multimedia and other information resources related to the Hindu Kush Himalaya. https://lib.icimod.org
Mountain Journal
P.O. Box 11251, Bozeman, MT 59719 https://mountainjournal.org
Meaningful public-interest journalism at the intersection of people and nature in America’s wildest, most iconic ecosystem.
Mountain Journal is headquartered in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the wildest region in the Lower 48 states and a nexus for understanding the inter-relationships between people and nature in the American West, serving as both a journalistic watchdog and celebrant of Greater Yellowstone.
Unbroken Wilderness: Big Sky And The Human Appetite For Consuming Wildness by Todd Wilkinson, May 15, 2020. https://mountainjournal.org/is-yellowstone-wildlife-and-montana-wilderness-threatened-by-outdoor-recreation
The Journal of Mountain Science
The Journal of Mountain Science, started in 2004, is an international English-language journal on mountain sciences. The JMS is supervised by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS),
sponsored by the Chengdu Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS, published by Science Press China, and distributed by Springer exclusively throughout the world (excluding Mainland China). The United Nations University (UNU) takes part in the editorial work and supports subscriptions for institutions in developing and transition countries.
https://www.springer.com/journal/11629 Latest issue: Volume 17, Issue 11, November 2020
Editor-in-Chief, Peng Cui Executive Editor-in-Chief, Dunlian Qiu
Community Informatics Research Network
Community Informatics Research Network is an interdisciplinary field that is concerned with using information and communication technology (ICT) to empower members of communities and support their social, cultural, and economic development. https://comminformatics.net/cirn/
Journal of Community Informatics http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej Colin Rhinesmith, Editor-In-Chief, Associate Professor + Director, Community Informatics Lab, iSchool at Simmons U., 617-521-2881 crhinesmith@simmons.eduhttps://crhinesmith.com
Southern African Mountain Conference 2022
The Afromontane Research Unit based at the QwaQwa Campus of the University of the Free State (South Africa), will host the Southern African Mountain Conference, 14-17 March 2022.
High Country News
High Country News is an independent, reader-supported nonprofit 501(c)3 media organization that covers the important issues and stories that define the Western United States. Our mission is to inform and inspire people to act on behalf of the West’s diverse natural and human communities.
Mountain Views Chronicle
Informing the Mountain Research Community, Dec. 2020, No. 1
https://162.79.29.92/psw/cirmount/publications/pdf/Mtn_Views_dec_20.pdf
Mountain Gazette
Anthropocene
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/
A weekly Dispatch to keep up to date on the latest sustainability science.
Nature Portfolio
Nature Portfolio is here to serve the research community by publishing its most significant discoveries—findings that advance knowledge and address some of the greatest challenges that we face as a society today. https://www.nature.com
Mountain Ventures Summit
The Future of Mountain Communities
https://www.mountainventuressummit.com/
A network of leaders building entrepreneurial ecosystems in mountain towns.
We are focused on building sustainable entrepreneurship ecosystems in mountain towns.The world of work is changing – people can work from anywhere and create companies with international reach from their coffee table – we (mountain towns) need to leverage this shift by attracting startups and smart/interesting people. If you can start a business from anywhere, why not start it steps from the ski slopes.
Youth for Mountains
https://www.facebook.com/groups/173156243975867
The roofs of the world, our water towers, our guardians, the mountains are under threat by climate change. This group was created to foster innovation and conversation between young people concerned about mountains. We youth are the leaders of tomorrow and the bright ideas of today. Use this group to spark change and help save the mountains!
Hey Youth for Mountains! Since many of us are stuck inside due to COVID-19, I thought we should use it as an opportunity to think of ways to #ConnectForMountains!
How can technology and virtual brainstorming help us care for mountains? What technology have you found most useful in your work in sustainable mountain development? For those of you who have been in the field the longest, how has technology such as social media that brings people together changed your work? Has it made it easier or harder?
I can’t wait to see what you have to say!
