Inhalt des Heftes:

• Vegetation changes in an abandoned montane grassland, compared to changes in a habitat with low-intensity sheep grazing – a case study in Styria, Austria
• The relocation of the village of Arkwasiye in the Simien Mountain National Park in Ethiopia: an intervention towards sustainable development?
• Depicting community perspectives: repeat photography and participatory research as tools for assessing environmental services in Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal
• The path towards setting up the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Salzburger Lungau & Kärntner Nockberge
• Thematic catalogue of research topics on Swiss parks
• Larval monitoring of fire salamanders within a Sparkling Science Project
• Mountain ranges along the European Green Belt in the Western Balkan deserve protection
• An ever-changing place: interpreting landscape change in Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal; re-photographic survey and encounter

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It is with great pride that we announce that eco.mont has just been admitted into the prestigious Thomson Index (Web of Science), with retroactive inclusion of all past issues (back to issue 1 in June 2009).

The periodical was created by common accord between ALPARC, ISCAR (International scientific committee on research in the Alps), the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) and the University of Innsbruck. The ISCAR-P work group covering research in protected spaces constitutes the editorial committee of eco.mont.

eco.mont publishes new scientific articles submitted to a peer review process, reports on administrative matters and other subjects of interest for the protected areas, and in each issue focuses on a protected area as a case in point. The periodical is published in English to reach as wide a public as possible.

In der Akademieratssitzung vom 31.10.2012 wurde die Entfristung des IGF beschlossen und so eine dauerhafte Basis für die Arbeit des Instituts geschaffen. Damit einher geht, wie im Entwicklungsplan der Akademie vorgesehen, eine Umbenennung des Instituts, die den interdisziplinären Charakter unserer Forschungsvorhaben deutlicher sichtbar macht. Das IGF (die Abkürzung bleibt unverändert) heißt ab sofort: Institut für Interdisziplinäre Gebirgsforschung. Das IGF-Team freut sich sehr über diesen Beschluss und die darin ausgedrückte Wertschätzung seiner Arbeit.

In its meeting on 31 October 2012 the Academy Council passed a resolution to grant the continuation of the institute for an unlimited period of time, thus creating a permanent basis for the work of the IGF. This decision goes hand in hand with a renaming of the institute as envisaged in the Academy’s development plan. To communicate more clearly the interdisciplinary character of the research at the IGF (the abbreviation remains unchanged), the institute is now called: Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research. The whole IGF team welcomes this decision and the appreciation of its work expressed therein.

COST Action IS1007 – Investigating Cultural Sustainability

22–24 October, Innsbruck, Austria
Organized by the Institute of Mountain Research: Man and Environment, Austrian Academy of Sciences

The first and second meeting dealt with the concepts of culture, and the role of policy. In this third meeting of the COST Action IS1007, we will focus on how to assess the role and meaning of culture within the framework of sustainable development. In addition, work on the various forms of outputs, publications, curriculums, and research plans will be launched. The workshop is addressed primarily at the Action participants.

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