Dear colleagues, We would like to draw your attention to our session T1.15 „Impacts of Global Change on Protective Forests in Mountain Areas“ at the XXVI IUFRO World Congress 2024 to be held in Stockholm, Sweden from 23-29 June 2024. We would be happy, if you would consider presenting and discussing your research in our session, to contribute to our understanding of how rising temperatures, increasing forest disturbance frequencies and intensities, and socio-economic changes affect the ecosystem service “protection against alpine natural hazards” provided by mountain forests. You can submit your abstract here https://iufro2024.com/call-for-congress-abstracts/ until 2 June 2023, which is approaching fast! Thank you very much in advance and we hope to see many of you in Stockholm! Best, Christine Moos, Ana Stritih, Alessandra Bottero and Michaela Teich [cid:image003.jpg@01D983E2.9EF1BAF0] Dr. Michaela Teich Head of Unit | Snow & Avalanches Department of Natural Hazards Austrian Research Centre for Forests (BFW) Rennweg 1, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria Phone 0043 664 885 082 87 Email michaela.teich@bfw.gv.at<mailto:michaela.teich@bfw.gv.at> Web https://www.bfw.gv.at<https://www.bfw.gv.at/>