Vivir con fuego en las montañas: Agricultores quechuas y manejo adaptativo del fuego en los Andes peruanos
Por Vanessa Luna En la conferencia 2025 de la International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC), realizada en Amherst, tuve la oportunidad de presentar mi cortometraje documental titulado “Campesinos y fuego: esfuerzos locales [...]
Living with Fire in the Mountains: Quechua Farmers and Adaptive Fire Management in the Peruvian Andes
By Vanessa Luna, Mountain Sentinels Fellow At the 2025 International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) conference in Amherst, I had the opportunity to present a short documentary titled “Farmers and Fire: Local [...]
A Mountain of Change in the Andes
On May 28, the Higher Regional Court of Hamm released a verdict establishing a powerful legal precedent. It opens the door to holding companies that emit greenhouse gasses liable for their contribution to climate change [...]
Andean Keepers of the Indigenous Systems: Celebrating the Ethos of Hatun Tinkuy in Peru
By: Abriti Moktan, Mountain Sentinels Fellow Traducir al español I embarked on a short, power-packed, impromptu trip to Peru to attend the Mountain Sentinels Summit at Huaraz amidst the chaos of finals week in December. [...]
Farmers’ Experiences of Climate Impacts and Adaptation Across African Mountains Subject of Publication and Policy Brief Co-created by Afri-Mont, Mountain Sentinels and MRI.
Planting fruit trees to help diversify livelihoods in Ethopia's Bale Mountains. Photo credit: Rob Marchant In a collaboration extending over five years, the Afri-Mont network, led by Dr. Aida Cuni-Sanchez and colleagues, including [...]
Mountains supporting Mountains: Mutual Aid Resources for Appalachia and Nepal
Climate change is causing catastrophic weather pattern changes to mountain ranges around the world. Recently, both Nepal and the Appalachian Mountains have been victim to exacerbated storms and hurricanes, leading to extraordinary flooding across the [...]