Conservation and environmental services

• Process orientated conservation in the mountains - need or hazard?
• Old growth natural forests - need or luxury?
• Mountain ecosystems: source of water, islands of biodiversity, protectors of lowlands but poorhouses of the world - is there a future for mountain communities?

Production - the role of mountain forests for the livelihood of people

• Biomass use in mountainous regions: history, trends and sustainability
• Close to nature forestry or plantations of woody plants - the future of forest use in mountain regions

Mountain forests under pressure: risks and hazards

• Climate change in mountain regions - increasing risks and hazards?
• Land use-changes in a changing world
• Can forest management increase the resilience of forests against global change?

Education and capacity building

• The role of academic education in sustainable management of mountain forests
• The role of capacity building for sustainable use of mountain forest ecosystems
• Local knowledge and academic knowledge - a contradiction?