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Central Asia on the Way to sustainable Development

€100,000 for exemplary climate protection in the Alps

At a ceremony held in Bern/CH on 6 November, the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps (CIPRA) awarded prizes for outstanding climate protection to seven municipalities, businesses and organisations, the winners of its cc.alps competition held across the Alps. Weather expert Thomas Bucheli and CIPRA President Dominik Siegrist presented the prizes worth a total of €100,000.

ECONNECT: Nature without limits

The kick-off for the EU project "ECONNECT - Restoring the web of life" took place in Vienna/A on 4 and 5 November. Over the next three years sixteen partners and four observers from all the Alpine States will be working to implement an ecological network across state borders and the confines of protected areas.

New hypothesis on deep erosion in high mountain regions

Researchers in the south-east of the Tibetan plateau have found that the moraine dams created during glacier fluctuations have over the millennia helped to slow down the erosion effect of large rivers known as downcutting.

Rhône Glacier to melt away by 2100

Scientists at the Écoles Polytechniques Fédérales de Lausanne/CH and Zurich/CH have used complex computer simulations to predict that the Rhône Glacier in the Canton of Valais/CH will have disappeared by 2100.

Biotic Diversity in Slovenia

Forest Snow and Landscape Research

Exchange of innovative experiences for a sustainable development in mountain areas

Alpine lakes

Miscellaneous articles 2008

Impacts of Europe's changing climate

Early warning system for water scarcity in the Alps

The kick-off for the cross-border project "ALP-WATER-SCARCE: Water Management Strategies against Water Scarcity in the Alps" took place in Annecy/F in mid-October as part of the INTERREG Alpine Space Programme.

Protected areas in the EU lacking in quality

According to a report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) more than half of the protected species and habitats in the EU are under pressure. Worldwide, just under 17,000 species are on the Red List, i.e. threatened by extinction.

Latest issue of the Journal of Alpine Research

The latest publication in the bilingual series Journal of Alpine Research comprises four specialist articles on different topical issues. The first feature deals with the rivalry for public commodities, illustrated with the specific example of an irrigation system in northern Italy.

Solar thermal power plant in the French Hautes-Alpes

The energy companies Dalkia and Solar Euromed have joined forces and plan to build the first solar thermal power plant in France. The plant is to be built in Chevalet d'Aspres sur Buech and will generate some 60,000 megawatt-hours of electricity.

Biotechnology for non-specialists

Represenation of natural risks in mountain areas

Using history to explain the present-day environment

Spatial dynamics of mountain populations and population surveys

Reinventing mountain areas: geopraphers, naturalists and society

The establishment of downhill skiing: Between tradition and modernity

Territorial Restructuring: Innovation, References, Froms and the Stakes Involved

The mountains of Latin America: environment, planning and development

The natural environment supporting development

From knowing the past to managing the present

Research in the southern French Alps

Temperate glaciers

Grenoble, a city on the move

A classification of avalanches - The Swiss Alps and population movement - Mass movements and risks

The Australian Alps