Newsletter of the Mountain Research Initiative: MRI News "Global change in mountain regions"

This, the first Mountain Research Initiative newsletter includes articles on the following:

• Global change research in the Biosphere Reserve Val Müstair and the Swiss National Park (BVM–SNP)

• The Consortium for Integrated Climate Research in Western Mountains – a progress report

• The Mountain Invasion Research Network (MIREN)

• Swiss Experiment: an e-science platform for interdisciplinary collaboration in environmental research

• The contribution of satellite remote sensing to the monitoring of cryosphere in mountains

• High Elevations working group: a new element of the Coordinated Energy and water cycle Observation Project

Also included is news on the first year of the global change research network for African Mountains; the MRI Europe progress report 2008 and Science for the Carpathians (S4C) - a brief history.

This publication can also be accessed at http://mri.scnatweb.ch/dmdocuments/mri_news_no1-2008.pdf