Editorial | Research | Perceptions of mountain ecosystem services in Golija-Studenica Biosphere Reserve, Serbia: latent transformation from sustainable towards regenerative tourism | Developing a data-driven approach to climate-proof a regional spatial planning instrument: the Bavarian Alpenplan | Visitor sentiment concerning changes in backcountry permit allocation at Glacier National Park, Montana, USA | “The local population is not aware” of nature conservation: implementing and managing the Natura 2000 network in a mountainous area of Galicia, Spain | Management and Policy Issues | Threats to, and conservation of, biodiversity in the Siling Co National Nature Reserve, Tibetan Plateau, China | The research framework of Austria’s National Parks | Book Review

“eco.mont – Journal of Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management” was founded as a joint initiative of the Alpine Network of Protected Areas (ALPARC), the International Scientific Committee on Research in the Alps (ISCAR), the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the University of Innsbruck. “eco.mont” offers a platform specifically for scientists and practitioners working in and on protected mountain areas in Europe and overseas. Target audiences of the journal are scientists from all related disciplines, managers of protected areas and an interested public including practitioners, visitors, teachers, etc. “eco.mont” is available by open access under CC BY-NC-ND-Licence from the Austrian Academy Press and in a printed version from Innsbruck University Press. Alpine protected areas play a key role in biodiversity conservation, but also in monitoring species and habitats. Since its first issue, eco.mont has published articles on long-term monitoring programmes in different areas of the Alps.

The current issue covers a wide range of topics concerning protected areas globally. Geographically, the articles cover protected areas in the Alps, mountains in Galicia in Spain, the Dinaric mountains of Serbia, the Himalayas and the Rocky Mountains. The subjects discussed are perceptions of mountain ecosystem services in the Golija-Studenica Biosphere Reserve in Serbia, a possible enhancement of the Bavarian Alpenplan in Germany regarding the adaptation to climate change and the prevention of natural hazards, a Natura 2000 network in the mountains of Galicia in Spain, visitor sentiment concerning changes in backcountry permit allocation at the Glacier National Park in the Rocky Mountains, the conservation efforts of the Siling Co National Nature Reserve on the Tibetan Plateau in China and an introduction into the research framework of the Austrian’s National Parks. 

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eco.mont – Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management, Vol. 16 / No. 2

eco.mont – Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management, Vol. 16 / No. 2 2024 16 16,2 2

Editorial by Valerie Braun &amp; members of the editorial board | Crosses on peaks in Protected Areas: a functional mapping from the Apennines to the Italian Alps by altitude bands | Apuseni Nature Park, a park for nature and people | C.S.I. PhenoBiota – Research with Plant Newcomers from all over the World – A citizen science project to study the phenology of invasive plant species under aspects of climate change  | Sharing knowledge and research outcomes from within and around the Swiss National Park – the 2023 Research Symposium SNP+  | New online marketing / sales system for products from the Carinthian part of the Salzburger Lungau und Kärntner Nockberge Biosphere Reserve (Austria)  | Exploitation of an ontology in a semantic web: A case study transferring Thai lichen data into domain ontologies  | Avifaunal biodiversity in the Tianmu Lake National Wetland Park of Jiangsu Province, China | Summary Alpine Parks 2030 – Biodiversity conservation for generations to come – Final Report 2023  | News

“eco.mont – Journal of Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management” was founded as a joint initiative of the Alpine Network of Protected Areas (ALPARC), the International Scientific Committee on Research in the Alps (ISCAR), the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the University of Innsbruck. “eco.mont” offers a platform specifically for scientists and practitioners working in and on protected mountain areas in Europe and overseas. Target audiences of the journal are scientists from all related disciplines, managers of protected areas and an interested public including practitioners, visitors, teachers, etc.“eco.mont” is available by open access under CC BY-NC-ND-Licence from the Austrian Academy Press and in a printed version from Innsbruck University Press. Alpine protected areas play a key role in biodiversity conservation, but also in monitoring species and habitats. Since its first issue, eco.mont has published articles on long-term monitoring programmes in different areas of the Alps.



The current issue again covers a wide range of topics concerning protected areas globally. Geographically, the articles cover protected areas in the Alps, the Apennines, China and Thailand. The subjects discussed include crosses on peaks and their systematic mapping, a citizen science project to study invasive plant species, research outcomes within and around the Swiss National Park, online marketing/sales system for products of an Austrian Biosphere Reserve, the transfer of Thai lichen data into a semantic web, the avifaunal biodiversity of a Wetland Park in China and the introduction of the final report on Alpine Parks in 2030. 

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eco.mont – Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management, Vol. 16 / No. 1

eco.mont – Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management, Vol. 16 / No. 1 2024 16 16,1 1

Editorial | Research | Alpine soundscapes: sounds and their consequences for perceived recreational quality – A case study of two Regional Nature Parks – Beverin Nature Park and Parc Ela in Switzerland | Ancient larch trees in the Tuva Republic, land of the oldest trees in Russia | Dependency on national park resources of people living in a mountain protected area | Case in Point | From the mountains to the sea: The Tepilora Natural Regional Park, Sardinia | Management &amp; Policy Issues | EuroMAB Conference 2022: “Tying cultures. Crossborder cooperation between societies and generations”, Salzburger Lungau und Kärntner Nockberge Biosphere Reserve, Bad Kleinkirchheim, 12–16 September 2022 | Protected Areas in the Middle Styrian Enns Valley – From the past to the future  | Small mammal Fauna in the Swiss National Park – developments over the last 100 years | Status, threats and the conservation of endemic species in the Yarlung Zangbo river basin  | News | News

“eco.mont – Journal of Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management” was founded as a joint initiative of the Alpine Network of Protected Areas (ALPARC), the International Scientific Committee on Research in the Alps (ISCAR), the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the University of Innsbruck. “eco.mont” offers a platform specifically for scientists and practitioners working in and on protected mountain areas in Europe and overseas. Target audiences of the journal are scientists from all related disciplines, managers of protected areas and an interested public including practitioners, visitors, teachers, etc.“eco.mont” is available by open access under CC BY-NC-ND-Licence from the Austrian Academy Press and in a printed version from Innsbruck University Press. Alpine protected areas play a key role in biodiversity conservation, but also in monitoring species and habitats. Since its first issue, eco.mont has published articles on long-term monitoring programmes in different areas of the Alps.



The current issue covers a wide range of topics concerning protected areas globally. Geographically, the articles cover protected areas in the Alps, the Himalayas, Southern Siberia and the Italian island of Sardinia. The subjects discussed include anthropogenic sounds and their influence on outdoor recreation, sacred larch trees as cultural monuments, firewood as a natural resource, sustainable regional development in a natural park and Biosphere Reserve on Sardinia, a glimpse into the EuroMAB Conference 2022 in Carynthia, Austria, the influence of historic and current land-use changes on wetland habitats, the development of the small-mammal fauna in the Swiss National Park in the last 100 years, and the conservation of endemic species in the Yarlung Zangbo river basin in Tibet.  

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Margreth Keiler

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