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Miscellaneous articles 2007

Strengthening mountain forests

The Interreg IIIC project Network Mountain Forest (NMF), which was launched in 2003, has come to a close with the signing in Lindau/D on 29 October 2007 of a Memorandum aimed at strengthening mountain forests in Europe.

Green Paper on urban mobility

The European Commission's new Green Paper entitled "Towards a new culture for urban mobility" looks at the mobility and ecology of European towns and cities. In Europe a good 60% of the population lives in urban areas. Just under 85% of the EU's gross domestic product is generated in those areas.

New issue of the Journal of Alpine Research

The latest publication in the series Journal of Alpine Research features four specialist articles addressing different issues. However they all focus on the landscape and the way in which it is changing.

Wildlife Ecological Spatial Planning (WESP): An instrument for integrating wildlife into comprehensive land management

The Development and Application of Ecological Networks

Bridging the gap between ecology and spatial planning in landscape ecology

Ecological Network and Local Authorities Sociological Instruments

Plant strategies and agricultural landscapes: survival in spatially and temporally fragmented habitat

Landscape cohesion: an index for the conservation potential of landscapes for biodiversity

Designing a coherent ecological network for large mammals in northwestern Europe

Landscape connectivity influences gene flow in a roe deer population inhabiting a fragmented landscape: an individual-based approach

Linking protected areas to the wider world: a review of approaches

Integrating Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use: Lessons learned from ecological networks

Ecological Networks and Greenways

Climate change meets habitat fragmentation: linking landscape and biogeographical scale levels in research and conservation

Ecological networks

A GIS methodology for assessing ecological connectivity: application to the Barcelona Metropolitan Area

Predicting ecological connectivity in urbanizing landscapes

Genetic structure is influenced by landscape features: empirical evidence from a roe deer population

Ecological Networks

The Pan-European Ecological Network: taking stock

Review of Experience with Ecological Networks, Corridors and Buffer Zones

Ecological networks: A spatial concept for multi-actor planning of sustainable landscapes.

Genetic effect of transportation infrastructure on roe deer populations

Incorporating ecological sustainability into landscape planning

Are hedgerows effective corridors between fragments of woodland habitat?

European Commission adopts measures to promote freight traffic

On 18 October the European Commission adopted a series of measures aimed at boosting the efficiency, integration and sustainability of freight transport within the Union.

Werfenweg has Austria's longest solar-powered street

The Municipality of Werfenweng in Salzburg is saving €38,000 by using solar lighting. 17 recently installed solar streetlights have proved to be the cheapest way of lighting a path some 700 m long on the town's outskirts. This makes it currently Austria's longest solar-powered street.

Interreg III B projects MONITRAF and ALPNAP

Transport across the Alps is at the centre of the Final Conference of the Interreg III B projects MONITRAF and ALPNAP, which have been running since 2005. The Conference is entitled "Transport across the Alps. Approaches and common measures for sustainable transport development in the Alpine region".