GLOBAL OBSERVATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE IN ALPINE ENVIRONMENTS

GLORIA target regions

82 target regions with a status of at least 'In setup' are listed here
Status: B = Baseline, R = Resurveyed

Active - Data included (45)

Target region nameStatusCodeEstabl.
NE-Alps / Hochschwab (Austria) R AT-HSW 2001
Kosciuszko National Park (New South Wales, Australia) B AU-KNP 2004
Canadian Coast Range (S-British Columbia, Canada) B CA-CCR 2006
Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada) B CA-VAN 2006
Central Alps / Swiss National Park - carbonatic (Switzerland) R CH-SN1 2002
Central Alps / Swiss National Park - siliceous (Switzerland) B CH-SN2 2002
W-Alpes / Alps of Valais-Entremont (Switzerland) R CH-VAL 2001
Hengduan Shan / Da Xue Shan/Birong Region (NW-Yunnan, China) B CN-DXS 2005
Hengduan Shan / Ma Ji Wa (NW-Yunnan, China) B CN-MJW 2006
Hengduan Shan / Ruizila Mountain Pass/Gonka/Deqin (NW-Yunnan, China) B CN-RZL 2005
N-Alps / National Park Berchtesgaden (Germany) B DE-NPB 2004
Central Pyrenees / Ordesa (Spain) R ES-CPY 2001
Sistema Central (Spain) B ES-SIC 2006
Sierra Nevada - West (Spain) R ES-SNE 2001
Sierra Nevada - Northeast (Spain) B ES-SNN 2005
SW-Alps / Mercantour (France) R FR-AME 2001
Corsica / Monte Cinto (France) R FR-CRI 2001
Central Caucasus / Kazbegi region (Georgia) R GE-CAK 2001
Zackenberg (Greenland) B GL-ZAC 2008
Crete / Lefka Ori (Greece) R GR-LEO 2001
S-Alps / Dolomites (Italy) R IT-ADO 2001
Central Apennines / Majella (Italy) R IT-CAM 2001
Northern Apennines (Italy) R IT-NAP 2001
Central Alps / Texelgruppe (Italy) B IT-TEX 2003
S-Scandes / Dovrefjell (Norway) R NO-DOV 2001
Southland / Mount Burns (New Zealand) B NZ-MTB 2002
Otago / Pisa Range (New Zealand) B NZ-PIS 2003
E-Carpathians / Rodnei Mts. (Romania) R RO-CRO 2001
Altai/Katunskiy Biosphere Reserve (Rep. Altai, Russia) B RU-AKA 2005
North Urals (Russia) B RU-NUR 2003
Polar Urals (Russia) R RU-PUR 2001
South Urals (Russia) R RU-SUR 2001
N-Scandes / Latnjajaure (Sweden) R SE-LAT 2001
W-Carpathians / High Tatra (Slovakia) R SK-CTA 2001
Cairngorms (Scotland, UK) R UK-CAI 2001
Brooks Range Central / Atigun Syncline (Alaska, USA) B US-BRC 2007
Sierra Nevada / Carson Range/Tahoe Basin area (California, USA) B US-CAT 2006
Rocky Mountains / Glacier National Park (Montana, USA) R US-GNP 2003
Great Basin National Park (Nevada, USA) B US-GRB 2008
Rocky Mountains / Pioneer and Pintlar Range (Montana, USA) B US-PIO 2008
Rocky Mountains / Rocky Mountain National Park - West of continental divide (Colorado, USA) B US-RMN 2009
Rocky Mountains / San Juan Mountains (Colorado, USA) B US-SJM 2006
Sierra Nevada / Dunderberg (California, USA) B US-SND 2004
White Inyo Mountains - carbonatic (California, USA) B US-WDS 2005
White Inyo Mountains - siliceous (California, USA) R US-WIM 2004

Active - Fieldwork finalised (17)

N-Argentinian Andes / Cumbres Calchaquíes (Argentina)   AR-CUC 2006
NE-Alps / Nationalpark Gesäuse (Austria)   AT-XEI 2009
Southern Andes / Araucarias Biosphere Reserve/Parque Nacional Conguillío (Chile)   CL-ARA 2005
Krkonose and Karkonosze National Parks (Czech Republic/Poland)   CZ-POL 2008
Parque Nacional Podocarpus (Ecuador)   EC-PNP 2008
Streymoy (Faroe Islands)   FO-STR 2009
Central Alborz (Iran)   IR-ALT 2007
Tröllaskagi (Iceland)   IS-TRS 2008
W-Alps / Mont Avic (Italy)   IT-MAV 2002
S-Alps / Alpi Orobie (Italy)   IT-ORO 2009
Southern Apennines / Matese mountain (Italy)   IT-SAM 2007
Tropical Andes / Cordillera Blanca/Huascaran Biosphere Reserve (Peru)   PE-HUA 2005
Tropical Andes / Cordillera Vilcanota (Peru)   PE-SIB 2002
Dashueiku Mountains (Taiwan)   TW-DAS 2008
Rocky Mountains / Great Sand Dunes National Park (Colorado, USA)   US-GSD 2009
Rocky Mountains / Ruby Range (Colorado, USA)   US-RUB 2008
Selawik Wilderness Refuge (Alaska, USA)   US-SEL 2007

Active - In setup (20)

Cordillera Apolobamba (Bolivia)   BO-APL 2007
Tropical Andes / Sajama (Bolivia)   BO-SAJ 2006
Mt. Jomolhari (Bhutan)   BT-JML 2010
Hengduan Shan/Meilishui (NW-Yunnan, China)   CN-MLS 2009
Cordillera Oriental / Sierra Nevada del Cocuy (Colombia)   CO-CCY 2010
Cordillera Oriental / Pàramo Chingaza (Colombia)   CO-CHZ 2007
Reserva Ecologica El Angel (Ecuador)   EC-ANG 2008
Cantabrian Range (Spain)   ES-CRE 2010
Sistema Iberico / Sierra de la Demanda (Spain)   ES-IDE 2010
Hida Mountains / Norikura (Japan)   JP-HNO 2009
S-Scandes / Fræna (Norway)   NO-FRA 2007
S-Scandes / Søln (Norway)   NO-SOL 2007
Mt. Kanchenjunga (Nepal)   NP-KNJ 2010
Himalaya / Langtang National Park (Nepal)   NP-LNP 2009
Páramo Pacaipampa / Cachiaco (Peru)   PE-PAC 2009
Parque Nacional Río Abiseo (Peru)   PE-RAB 2009
Syue Mountains / Shei-Pa National Park (Taiwan)   TW-SYU 2009
Rocky Mountains / Niwot Ridge (Colorado, USA)   US-CNR 2007
Sierra Nevada / Mt. Langley (California, USA)   US-LAN 2010
Cordillera de Mérida (Venezuela)   VE-MER 2009

Planned (13)

Parque Nacional Tunari (Bolivia)   BO-TUN 2008
Cariboo Mountains (British Colombia, Canada)   CA-CAR 2008
Monts Groulx, Quebec (Canada)   CA-GRO 2010
Selkirk Mountains / Mt. Revelstoke National Park (British Colombia, Canada)   CA-REV 2008
Qionglai Shan / Yakou Shan (Sichuan, China)   CN-YAK 2007
Cordillera Occidental / Páramo del Duende (Colombia)   CO-DUE 2008
Reserva Ecológica Antisana (Ecuador)   EC-ANT 2008
Parque Nacional Cajas (Ecuador)   EC-CAJ 2008
S-Scandes / Sunndal (Norway)   NO-SUN 2008
Altai / Tigirekskiy Nature Reserve   RU-TIG 2010
Sylarna, Jämtland (Sweden)   SE-SYL 2010
Rocky Mountains / Greater Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming, USA)   US-GYE
Rocky Mountains / Wind River Mountains (Wyoming, USA)   US-WRM 2008

Interest expressed (21)

Rila Mountains (Bulgaria)   BG-RIL
Tropical Andes / Cordillera Real/Cotopata (Bolivia)   BO-COT
Rocky Mountains / N-Yukon (Yukon Territory, Canada)   CA-NYU
Central Chilean Andes (Chile)   CL-CCA
N-Chilean Andes / Llullaillaco Region (Chile)   CL-LLU
Qinling Mountains (Shaanxi, China)   CN-QIM
W-Greenland / Angujartorfiup (Denmark)   DK-WGA
Tropical Andes / Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador)   EC-SAN
Sierra Cantábrica / Picos de Europa (Northern Spain)   ES-PDE
Hokkaido / Daisetsusan Mountains (Japan)   JP-DAM
Mount Kenya (Kenya)   KE-MKE
N-Tienshan / Sailijskij Alatau (Kazakhstan)   KZ-TSA
Jebel Liban (Lebanon)   LB-JLI
Uvs Nuur Biosphere Reserve (Mongolia)   MN-UVN
Svalbard/Spitsbergen (Norway)   NO-SVS
NW-Caucasus / Teberda Biosphere Reserve (Russia)   RU-TBR
Pamir / Gorno-Badakhshan (Tajikistan)   TJ-PGB
Taurus (Turkey)   TR-TAU
South Cascades / Mount Shasta Region (California, USA)   US-CMS
North Cascades National Park (Washington, USA)   US-NCS
Drakensberge (South Africa)   ZA-DRA
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