The survey is at the core of the Interreg IIIB-CADSES "IPAM" project (Integrative Protected Area Management). Its purpose is to use the exchange of experience to elaborate and improve tools for the planning and management of protected areas. Those who take part in the questionnaire can win one-week study trips to protected areas in Austria, Italy, Slovenia and Croatia, an invitation to a presentation at an international conference or the possibility of publication in an internationally accessible expert system. Questionnaire and information: www.ipam.info/inquiry (en)