Objective Many of the world's mountain ecosystems are moving along trajectories that couple high rates of environmental change with strong economic changes, whose collective effect may alter the ability of mountain regions to provide critical goods and services, both to mountain inhabitants and lowland communities. In order to address the environmental challenges facing the world's mountain regions in the 21st Century, we will develop an integrative research strategy for detecting signals of global environmental change in mountain environments, for defining the consequences of these changes for mountain regions as well as lowland areas dependent on mountain resources, and for facilitating the development of sustainable resource management regimes for mountain regions. Following a kick-off meeting, the details of the research strategy will be formulated through a series of product-oriented workshops dedicated to:1) Long-term Monitoring,2) Integrated Modelling,3) Process Studies, and4) Sustainable Development. The concepts developed in these Thematic Workshops will be revisited, refined and synthesised during a final Open Science Conference on Global Change in Mountain Regions. By gearing the research strategy toward implementation in mountain Biosphere Reserves, the project will take advantage of the existing UNESCO infrastructure and ongoing Global Change research in these areas. The structure of UNESCO mountain Biosphere Reserves provides ideal natural Global Change laboratories with core protected mountainous areas surrounded by lower-elevation buffer zones that are more strongly influenced by human activities. Adapting the research strategy for implementation in UNESCOs mountain Biosphere Reserves in both developed and developing countries will promote European scientific participation, capacity building and leadership. This will be achieved through the active participation of Biosphere Reserve managers in the development of the research strategy.' Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesmeteorologybiospheranatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems Keywords Ecosystem Modelling Ecosystem Monitoring Process Studies Sustainable Development Programme(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SUSTDEV-2002-3-SSA.1.1 - Actions such as the European Network for Research in Global Change (ENRICH) Call for proposal FP6-2002-GLOBAL-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme SSA - Specific Support Action Coordinator UNIVERSITÄT WIEN EU contribution No data Address Dr. Karl Lueger-Ring 1 WIEN Austria See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (13) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution No data Address 3, rue Michel Ange PARIS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DU MACHINISME AGRICOLE, DU GÉNIE RURAL, DES EAUX ET DES FORÊTS France EU contribution No data Address Parc de Tourvoie ANTONY See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EIDGENÖSSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZÜRICH Switzerland EU contribution No data Address Rämistrasse 101 ZÜRICH See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY India EU contribution No data Address New Mehrouli Road NEW DELHI See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PERTH COLLEGE United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Crieff Road PERTH See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH Germany EU contribution No data Address Telegrafenberg A31 POTSDAM See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TECHNOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAMIA Greece EU contribution No data Address 3rd Km, Old National Road Lamia-Athens LAMIA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION France EU contribution No data Address 7, place de Fontenoy PARIS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Postbus 80125 UTRECHT See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH Switzerland EU contribution No data Address Rämistrasse 71 ZÜRICH See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI-L'AQUILA' Italy EU contribution No data Address Piazza Rivera 1 L'AQUILA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITÄT BASEL Switzerland EU contribution No data Address Petersplatz 1 BASEL See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER GRENOBLE 1 France EU contribution No data Address 621 Avenue Centrale GRENOBLE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data