The one-day workshop aimed at discussing how the GLOCHAMORE (Global Change in Mountain Regions)research strategy for mountain biosphere reserves and other mountain protected areas could be implemented. Protected area managers and scientists alike were invited to attend the workshop to discuss how the GLOCHAMORE Research Strategy could be implemented at various sites around the world, with the intention that these sites could also serve as testing and monitoring sites to assess the impacts of global (and climate) change on the biophysical environment and the livelihoods of mountain people. There was a special focus on the following themes: (a) biodiversity in and around mountain protected areas; (b) water systems deriving from and affecting mountain protected areas; and (c) livelihoods of mountain people living in and around mountain biosphere reserves or other protected areas.