The Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences (2025–2034) has begun (1), but international and regional guidelines for managing glacier ecosystems are lacking. In the European Union (EU), the only legislative tool that acknowledges glaciers as a protected habitat is the EU Habitats Directive (2), but even that does not fully take into account glacier biodiversity and its complexity (3). The absence of legally mandated biodiversity monitoring in these environments is unacceptable in the face of irreversible loss.
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