Mountain ecosystems across the world are under threat – but the people who love them are fighting back. Hanna Lindon meets the hillwalking heroes using their outdoor skills for positive change

Amateur Gardening is proud to encourage its readers to work with nature. Sue Bradley discovers how increasing numbers of people are embracing organic methods of gardening

Documentary photographer Richard Cross rises above the shortbread tin romanticism that colours so much of our outdoor heritage, with the perspective provided by drone photography applied to land use issues of our day

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Who belongs in the mountains and how should they enjoy them? For Alec Finlay , these questions are at the root of how we perceive wild nature and how we care for it