226 Alpine Nature 2030 Creating ecological connectivity for generations to come In 1866 Ernst Haeckel described the concept of ecology as the study of the relationships of organ isms with their environment Hence from the outset ecology has been about interactions and connections Or as Barry Commoner once put it The rst law of ecology is that everything is re lated to everything else If that is so talking about ecological connectivity seems somewhat tauto logical Yet 150 years after Haeckel s de ning state ment we are still struggling to better understand the underlying interactions let alone maintain them in a way that we know or believe to know would be best for our planet and ourselves We can deduce from that how in nitely more complex it is to try to re establish interactions that have already been disrupted Today ecological connectivity is a crucial goal If we just have a closer look at the Alpine region and some of its framework conditions Markus REITERER Secretary General of the Alpine Convention Epilogue Alpine Nature 2030 Creating ecological connectivity for generations to come

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