Valerie Braun – Martin Coy – Günter Köck (Eds.)
eco.mont
Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management
Adelheid Humer-Gruber
S. 28 - 35
doi:
10.1553/eco.mont-10-2s28
Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
doi:
10.1553/eco.mont-10-2s28
Abstract:
Structural changes in agriculture are beginning to be felt even in remote mountain regions. The specific cultural landscapes, with their mosaic of different uses, remain in relatively good ecological condition. In general terms, agriculture fulfils a high variety of essential functions, such as the maintenance of the Alpine landscape, nature conservation and sustainable rural development. The biosphere reserves (BRs) selected for this study focus on the conservation of cultural landscapes. Alpine farmers as managers of the land therefore play an important role in sustainable regional development within the biosphere reserves. What affects farmers’ willingness to participate in the development of biosphere reserves? Qualitative interviews with forty farmers in the UNESCO BR Salzburger Lungau and Kärntner Nockberge (AT), UNESCO BR Engiadina Val Müstair (CH) and UNESCO BR Entlebuch (CH) give insights into their opinions on the responsibilities of agriculture, nature conservation, BRs, and the importance of participation and cooperative approaches. This research should help to identify, strengthen or complement existing approaches for sustainable regional development in conservation sites in the Alps. Generally, farmers accept and appreciate the BR as a shared platform for the participatory concepts of various stakeholder groups for sustainable regional development while acknowledging that the implementation of a BR is a long, slow process, which calls for numerous dialogues and relies on open minds amenable to mutual understanding.
Alpine biosphere reserve, agriculture, nature conservation, participation processes
Published Online:
2018/06/29 12:50:33
Document Date:
2018/06/29 06:28:00
Object Identifier:
0xc1aa5572 0x00390a5b
Rights:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
The journal “eco.mont” – Journal of protected mountain areas research and management – was published for the first time in June 2009.
The journal 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 (ÖAW) and the University of Innsbruck.
The journal aims to highlight research on and management issues in protected areas in the Alps without excluding other protected mountain areas in Europe or overseas. Its target audiences are scientists from all related disciplines, managers of protected areas and interested individuals including practitioners, visitors, teachers, etc.
The journal presents peer-reviewed articles in English by authors who research protected mountain areas and management issues within these areas. It's published twice a year as a collaboration of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Press – responsible for the e-version – and Innsbruck University Press – responsible for the print version.
Die Zeitschrift „eco.mont“ – Zeitschrift zur Forschung in Gebirgsschutzgebieten – erschien im Juni 2009 zum ersten Mal. Die Zeitschrift wurde auf Initiative des Netzwerks Alpiner Schutzgebiete (ALPARC), der Schweizer Akademie der Naturwissenschaften (ISCAR), der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW) und der Universität Innsbruck gegründet. Sie hat das Ziel, Themen zu behandeln, die gleichzeitig Forschung und Verwaltung in und über die Schutzgebiete der Alpen betreffen, ohne dabei andere Gebirgsschutzgebiete Europas oder anderswo auszuschließen. Diese neue Zeitschrift richtet sich an ein Publikum von Wissenschaftlern der verschiedensten Fachbereiche, an die Verwalter von Schutzgebieten und an alle sonstigen Interessierten, Praktiker, Besucher, Lehrpersonal etc. einbegriffen. Die Zeitschrift veröffentlicht begutachtete Beiträge auf Englisch von Autoren, die Fragen der Gebirgsschutzgebiete und deren Verwaltung betreffen. Sie erscheint zweimal pro Jahr, auf der Basis der gemeinsamen Anstrengungen des Verlags der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, der für die digitale Fassung verantwortlich ist, und der Presse der Universität Innsbruck, verantwortlich für die gedruckte Fassung.
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