Welcome to the Mountain Research Initiative!
The Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) is a multidisciplinary scientific organization that addresses global change issues in mountain regions around the world.
The MRI strives to support the design of integrated research strategies and programs that further our understanding of the impacts of Global Change in mountain areas and that lead to tangible results for stakeholders and policy-makers.
MRI is a joint project of IHDP and IGBP and is funded by the
Swiss National Science Foundation
MRI is hosted at the Institute of Geography of the University of Bern
News and Events
9 pages of news from and for MRI Europe! Update of the MRI Europe lists * News from the project AlpinRiskGP and from CIPRA International * COP15 Policy Brief * Events * Publications * Positions * Open Calls *
MRI Europe Newsflash, February 2010Read more
Download the First Announcement of the Forum Carpaticum 2010
Forum Carpaticum, 15-17 Sept. 2010, Kraków, Poland 177.85 Kb
MRI workshop on global change research in mountain regions in Vienna, Austria, prior to the EGU meeting. The one-day free workshop brings together the key active researchers from around the world working on global change in mountain regions.
January Newsflash of the Global Change Research Network in African Mountains * Project: Multi-scale analyses of the climate-glacier relationship on tropical Lewis Glacier, Mount Kenya, East Africa * Proposal:AFrIcaN AppliEd Land System SciencE (FINESSE) * Events & Publications
GCRN Africa Newsflash January 2010 2010-01-22 13:53:08 188.68 Kb
Mountain Sustainability: Transforming Research into Practice MRI and 5 European partners will work on developing innovative communication tools to make research results available to practitioners in mountain regions. mountain.TRIP is funded through the European Commission’s 7th Framework Programme and will run throughout 2010 and 2011. http://www.mountaintrip.eu/
