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

“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.