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Acqua alta alpina - Conference and trade fair on climate change

The organisers of acqua alta alpine invite politicians, experts and interested laymen and women to a conference in Salzburg/A from 24 to 30 October which focuses on climate change and its impact on the Alpine region.

MontagnaLibri 2007 - Trento Filmfestival

Mountain Wilderness: 20 years of mountain protection work worldwide

The mountain protection organisation Mountain Wilderness celebrated its 20th anniversary on 31 July and 1 August with an ascent of Mont Dolent in the Mont Blanc mountain range.

International workshop series "Disseminating Knowledge - Networking People" New technologies give a boost to local culture and tradition

CIPRA successfully pursued its international workshop series on "Disseminating Knowledge - Networking People" with numerous events in May and June.

International workshop series "Disseminating Knowledge - Networking People" Transport and visitor management in mountain areas

On May 10 and 11 CIPRA International and CIPRA Slovenia organised a workshop on the topic of "Transport and Visitor Management in Mountain Areas". It became clear already with the first contributions that there are no straightforward answers when it comes to the relationship between transport development and regional development. There are areas of the Alps which do well economically despite being difficult to access.

International workshop series "Disseminating Knowledge - Networking People" Rural-urban co-operation: A challenge for the Alpine region

The eighth workshop in the series on "Disseminating Knowledge - Networking People" was held in Autrans on June 4 and 5 and focused on the subject of regional concepts and rural-urban co-operation. The organisers, CIPRA France and the further education organisation Association de Formation des Ruraux aux Activités du Tourisme, provided an opportunity for an exchange of views on the shift in relations between rural and urban areas.

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Brig, Klagenfurt and Chiavenna: Workshop documentation is now online The workshop on "The Forestry Sector in Regional Policy - Options for Sustainable Development in the Alpine Region" organised by the Further Education in Forestry and Landscape jointly with CIPRA was held in Brig/CH on March 28 and 29.

Global know-how transfer: Workshop in the Ukraine and international further education programme

One of the aims of Future in the Alps is to make the findings gained from the project available to mountain regions beyond the Alps, too. To this end, CIPRA, together with the international organisation Green Dossier, held a workshop in the Ukraine from 31 May to 2 June on solving conflicts in protected areas.

CIPRA's 3rd Alpine Report presents the shapers of the future

In its 3rd Alpine Report, to be published in autumn 2007, CIPRA is making the results of Future in the Alps available to a broad public.

DYNALP² supports the implementation of projects

The closing date for submitting projects seeking co-funding as part of DYNALP² expired on June 29. DYNALP² is a project launched by the Alliance in the Alps network of municipalities in 2006 and it is being financed by the MAVA Foundation for Nature Conservation.

Risk management and hazard warning procedures

Watercourses

Proceedings of the International Symposium on River Restauration

Journal of Torrent, Avalanche, Landslide and Rock Fall Engineering

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Nature abhors a border

Nature in the Alps should be networked more effectively; to this end, the hindrances that stand in the way of animal migration and the spread of vegetation and plants should be made more permeable. Four alpine-wide network organisations are aiming to create an "ecological continuum" in the Alps. The preliminary project has just been given the go-ahead.

International Workshop: Services for people living in rural mountain areas

The next workshop of the international series "Disseminating knowledge - connecting people" of Future in the Alps is dedicated to the topic of innovation, community use and participation relating to services for people living rural mountain areas.

Gymnaestrada 07: Exemplary sustainability

"SUSPORT" (SUstainibility & SPORT) is the name given to the environmental and sustainability concept for organisers of sporting events which has been drawn up by the organisers of the World Gymnaestrada 2007 together with the Swiss Federal Gymnastics Festival 2007.

NENA: getting together, exchanging views and setting up an enterprise network

Through its NENA Project, CIPRA International is pursuing the goal of setting up a network of innovative and sustainable enterprises in the Alpine region. To strengthen this Alpine-wide network and plan future action programmes together, a large-scale event is to be held in Bregenz/A from 26 to 28 September.

New publications: Risk management and 100 years of Géographie Alpine

The five chapters of the current edition of the Revue de Géographie Alpine look at risk management systems of urban alpine areas as well as early warning systems and crisis management strategies at regional policy level.

Conservation of Fruit Varietes in Liechtenstein

The ATEAM vulnerability mapping tool

Via Alpina - Press Review 2006

Data and Elaboration on the Italian Alpine and Pre-Alpine Ski Stations, Ski Facilities and Artificial Snowmaking

Climate Change and Switzerland 2050

Climate Change in the European Alps

Impact of disturbed desert soils on duration of mountain snow cover

Dust cover speeds up snowmelt

A new study reveals that dust blown hundreds of kilometres by the wind from erosion zones or dry regions is capable of speeding up the snowmelt in the mountains of Colorado/USA by around one month. Researchers at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder were surprised not by the fact that the dust-covered snow cover was found to melt more quickly but by the extent to which this occurred in measurements and simulations.

An outgoing airport for the Allgäu

In the view of the project's initiators the opening of the Memmingerberg regional airport in the Allgäu/D on 28 June represents the "opportunity of the century". Bavaria subsidised the project to the tune of €7.3 m, with total investments amounting to €20 m.

International Conference: The Alps beyond Kyoto

CIPRA, the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps, is organising an international conference on energy efficiency and renewable energies in the Alpine region from 20 to 22 September.