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Master in Sustainable Mountain Development

The new degree programme "MSc Managing Sustainable Mountain Development" begins at Perth College/UK in August 2009.

History of the Alps now also in English

Jon Mathieu's book entitled in German Geschichte der Alpen, 1500-1900: Umwelt, Entwicklung und Gesellschaft is now available in an English translation.

Feasibility of Alpine Crossing Exchange to be examined at the European level

The transport ministers of Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Germany, France and Slovenia have commissioned an in-depth analysis relating to the introduction of the Alpine Crossing Exchange. At a meeting of the ministers in Vienna/A a body was entrusted with clarifying the preconditions for the implementation of the three traffic management systems, specifically the Alpine Crossing Exchange, the emissions trading scheme and "Toll plus".

A European League for renewable energies

The RES Champions League is a network of national renewable energy leagues and also a competition for renewable energies between European cities, towns and villages, which was launched on 23 April 2009 at the annual meeting of Énergie-Cités and the Climate Alliance.

European Day of Parks 2009

The European Day of Parks is to take place on and around May 24, as it does every year.

Guidance on the maintenance of landscape connectivity features of major importance for wild flora and fauna

Transforming the market: Energy Efficency in Buildings

EU Parliament agrees to ratify Transport Protocol

At the end of April 2009 the European Parliament agreed to the ratification of the Alpine Convention's Transport Protocol.

Manifesto for sustainable building

The KlimaHaus Agentur in Bolzano/I is calling for the signing of the "Manifesto for Sustainable Building".

The Alps: Eight countries, a single territory

Climate change: Impacts of mitigation and adaptation measures on biodiversity

400 European municipalities committed to climate change issues

400 European towns, cities and municipalities have signed the Covenant of Mayors.

"RiskPlan" facilitates risk management

The "RiskPlan" analysis software was developed by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Protection (FOCP) and presented as part of the AdaptAlp Project (Adaptation to Climate Change in the Alpine Space).

A guide to the Alpine Convention

The Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention recently published a book in five languages (de, en, fr, it, sl) entitled The Alps: Eight Countries, A Single Territory.

Resolution of Bolzano

"During this conference CIPRA expressed its strong expectations with regard to the outcome of the 15th Conference of the Contracting Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held in Copenhagen in December 2009. Further more, CIPRA calls upon the governments of the Alpine countries and upon those of the main industrialised countries, to show extraordinary commitment to achieve a distinct acceleration in climate change prevention policies at the global meeting in Copenhagen, in the light of new evidence and the confirmation of the seriousness of the phenomenon."

The Mountain Research Initiative: ANNUAL REPORT

Transhumanz

Building Green Infrastructure for Europe

Support for ecological networks in European nature conservation

Awards for six sustainable tourism projects

During its presidency of the Alpine Convention France is focusing on sustainable tourism.

UNESCO Biosphere Entlebuch wins TO DO! Award 2008

Every year since 1995 the Institute for Tourism and Development (Studienkreis für Tourismus und Entwicklung) stages its "TO DO!" competition for socially responsible tourism.

Adapting to climate change: Towards a European framework for action

Climate Policy Integration, Coherence and Governance

Results of the Workshop on Global Change Research in Mountainous Regions

A workshop on the global (climate) change and its impact on mountainous regions was held at the University of California Berkeley/US on 14 December 2008.

Sylvia Hamberger awarded Bavaria's Nature Conservation Medal

On 12 March 2009 the German environmental organisation Bund Naturschutz awarded Bavaria's Nature Conservation Medal to Sylvia Hamberger in recognition of her exceptional contributions to the protection of the Alpine region.

Latest update on ecological networks in the Alpine region

CIPRA has just expanded and updated its online dossier on "Relevant Instruments Relating to Ecological Networks in the Alpine Region".

Alps Know-How CD now available for download

The Alps Know-How CD is one of the results of the Future in the Alps know-how transfer project.

SARD-M Report for the Carpathian Convention Member States

Alpine research: its specificity and future

Global Warming: Can Existing Reserves Really Preserve Current Levels of Biological Diversity?