Four i's that MRI supports

Becker and Bugmann (2001) established MRI's three goals (Fig. 1). MRI pursues those goals through actions at global

and regional levels. These actions - initiation, implementation, integration,  and information  (the 4 "I's") -describe

the different stages of work needed to achieve the goals: initiating the formation of networks of researchers, the

engagement of organizations with the issues and the development of research activities, implementing actions that

enhance the profile of global change research in mountain regions and otherwise help networks implement that

research, integrating and synthesizing the results of research, and informing stakeholders of the nature and implications

of those results. Much of the work during this period was of an initiation  or an implementation  nature, but

opportunities arose for integration  and information .