22 February 2022 The institution of home is expanding into mountain space – in stealth mode When launching the journal Mobilities, the opening editorial statement from Hannam, Shelly and Urry (2006, p. 1) read: “Mobility has become an evocative keyword for the twenty‐first century and a powerful discourse… Read more By: Tor ARNESEN | Tags: Eastern Norway Research Institute, Hovden, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Lillehammer, Norway mountains
8 February 2022 Understanding the role of protected areas with the case of Vercors natural regional park and natural national reserve The Vercors Regional Natural Park is about to finalise the revision of its roadmap for the period 2023-2038. And this has been the case study some students fom ISARA –an engineering school… Read more By: Audrey VINCENT | Tags: Bleu du Vercors Sassenage PDO cheese, ISARA, Natural National Reserve of the Hauts Plateaux, Vercors Regional Natural Park
29 November 2021 Managing sustainably mountain pastures: what do we learn from ongoing practices? Grasslands cover 15.9% of the area of the EU-28 and are the third most widespread habitat (EC, 2016) with invaluable contribution for public goods and ecosystem services… Read more By: Maria Carla LOSTRANGIO, Marie CLOTTEAU | Tags: Euromontana, grasslands cover, grasslands Europe, LIFE Oreka Mendian, mountain, Nemor, sustainable management grasslands
26 October 2021 Lodalen: becoming one of the most popular tourist attractions in Western Norway – the case of challenges for sustainable development of a mountain destination Loen is an idyllically located village in Western Norway. It is surrounded by mighty mountains on both sides, in a beautiful fjord landscape: with Lodalen valley and Lovatnet lake in the back, and… Read more By: Anna-Maria URBANIAK-BREKKE | Tags: Lodalen, Norway, Norwegian mountains, Norwegian National Tourism Strategy, Western Norway Research Institute
3 June 2021 Give the same rights to mountains! Contesting the exclusion of the Măcin Mountains, in Romania As mountainologists, we have often had the opportunity to interact with policy- and decision makers on different topics related to sensitive subjects on the correct perception of the mountain area or… Read more By: Adriana Clivillé | Tags: Carpathian Mountains, Dobrogea, Măcin mountain, Romania mountains
7 February 2021 Mountain apple orchards in Catalonia, a reality The mountain fruit growing project in Catalonia started in 2009 when IRTA (Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology) and ADRR (Association for the Development of the Romanesque Ribagorça) signed the first collaboration agreement… Read more By: Gemma Echevarria, Ignasi Iglesias, Jaume Lordan, Neus Mas, Xavi Farré, Xavi Garanto | Tags: IRTA, mountain apple orchards, mountain fruit
12 January 2021 The invasive species On the second week of December 2020 has been mostly holidays for people from Madrid city in Spain (the madrileños). The national celebration of the Spanish Constitution and a local religious event made up for a… Read more By: Cristina Vegas, Felix Garcia Pereira, Jesus Fidel Gonzalez-Rouco |
2 December 2020 More resilience, please! A plea to rethink in the current crisis It is quite surprising to see that there is one aspect we are not reading anything about in these days. Most of the articles telling us about the consequences of the coronavirus do not mention one word: resilience. Shouldn’t it be written somewhere? Read more By: Thomas Streifeneder | Tags: EURAC research
23 October 2020 Appreciate mountains and lowlands as partners I’d like to turn our attention to recognize highland-lowland interactions as an old paradigm which was foundational for the interest in mountain areas, the changing perceptions towards using them, and realizing the values we attach to them. Read more By: Thomas DAX | Tags: Alpine Convention, Alps, Austrian Alps, Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, mountain research, Rural and Mountain Research
8 October 2020 The status quo of dealing with mountain issues in Slovenia Slovenia is a mountainous country with 72,3% of its territory defined as LFA (Areas of Less Favourable Farming). Most of northern part is dominated by the Alps, that reach their southeastern limit of distribution in Slovenia by forested plateau of Pohorje. Read more By: Andreja BOREC | Tags: Euromontana, Less Favourable Farming, Nemor, Slovenia, slovenian agriculture, Slovenian mountains, Utilized Agricultural Area