New Insights from the Montane Forests of Western Cameroon
By Dr Aida Cuni-Sanchez -- I was recently in the Cameroon Highlands to collect data on the socio-ecological functioning of mountain ecosystems, for the AFRISKYFOR project, funded by EU. The Cameroon Highlands contain tropical [...]
Mountains in Louisiana? Reflections on AAG 2018
By Dr. Jessica Thorn and Cara Steger -- In April 2018, the annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) attracted approximately 8,500 researchers, GIS specialists, industry professionals, authors, and other leaders in [...]
Building Resilience in the Hindu Kush Himalaya and Beyond
By Kanchan Shrestha -- In December 2017, a few days before International Mountain Day, over 400 experts from around the globe gathered in Kathmandu to call for a resilient Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH). The [...]
Program on Ecosystem Change and Society Open Science Conference
By Catherine Tucker -- In early November, I had the privilege of attending the second conference of the Program on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECSii) in Oaxaca City, Mexico. For many reasons, the conference ranked [...]
Up Wait Creek Without a Pilot
As winter solstice is upon us and darkness hovers in the far north and south, Chris Cosgrove, PhD student at Oregon State University and Early Career Mountain Sentinels member, shares his zany fieldwork experiences from [...]
Human Needs & Wildlife Management: Pathways 2017
* By Aida Cuni-Sanchez * Between the 17th to 20th September, the Pathways Conference 2017 took place at the Rocky Mountain National Park, in Colorado, USA. ‘Pathways to Success: Integrating Human Dimensions into Fish and Wildlife [...]