In Hohe Tauern National Park one of the last post-glacial virgin landscapes in the central Eastern Alps was designated as a protected area. It is the largest national park in Central Europe and includes a significant section of the Austrian Central Alps shaped by glacie...

Environmental problems are often constructed globally and through sophisticated instruments and methods. However, the extent to which these globally constructed problems correspond to ordinary citizens’ perceptions of the environment is often unclear. We focus here on r...

In 1914, the Swiss National Park was created in Grisons as only the second of its kind in Europe. For nearly a century after this pioneering act, nothing much happened in Switzerland. In recent years, however, Switzerland has experienced a veritable park creation boom. ...

The aim of this study was to estimate the size and direction of tourism and recreation influence on protected areas within the Natura 2000 sites. The research covered sites in Slovakia within the Alpine Bioregion. Information included in the Standard Data Form (SDF) was...

Dedicated academic mountain journals emerged as of the beginning of the 20th century from a need to collect very diverse work focusing on mountains as a fascinating and challenging environment as well as a place of unique livelihood systems. We present a brief overview ...

The quantification and economic valuation of ecosystem services is vital to ascertain the social and economic benefits of establishing and managing protected areas. In Central Europe a wide range of studies has emphasized the significant contribution of protected areas ...

The effectiveness of protected areas to conserve biodiversity depends on conservation management strategies and their application, usually to specific protected areas. This paper presents the results of an assessment of the conservation management strategy for a protect...