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Biodiversity in Europe's mountainsAt what point is Europe on the way to halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010? With respect to this issue, the European Environment Agency has drafted a report in English, in which a chapter is devoted to biodiversity in mountain ecosystems. |
NewsInternational Nature |
Apr 03, 2007 |
Brain Drain and Brain Gain in peripheral regionsThe focus of the 2003 - 2007 "Brain Drain - Brain Gain" Project is the development, introduction and evaluation of action plans that reduce the migration of skilled labour from peripheral regions and instead favour migration into these areas. |
NewsInternational Economy, People |
Apr 03, 2007 |
Negotiable land use certificatesThrough the tool of the land use certificate (FNZ) the growing land consumption in Switzerland shall be limited. With the brochure "Recovering land - land use certificates in land planning" the environmental organisation Pro Natura wants to bring the discussion about this tool in the public arena. |
NewsAustria, International Spatial development |
Apr 03, 2007 |
The way of the Wolves - The Alps- Carpathian CorridorThe Austrian Ministry for Transportation Innovation and Technology is committed to the establishment of the wildlife Alps-Carpathian Corridor. |
NewsAustria, International Nature, People |
Apr 03, 2007 |
Wengen Workshop 2006 on global climate changeAn international workshop on global climate change research will take place also this year on 4 - 6 October in Wengen/CH. |
NewsSwitzerland, International Climate |
Apr 03, 2007 |
Mountain Convention: Cohesion towards growthThe fifth European Mountain Convention will take place on 14 and 15 September in Chaves in Portugal. It is organised by Euromontana, the European Association of Mountain Territories and its slogan is "Cohesion for growth - mountains as natural ingredients for Europe's competitiveness ". |
NewsInternational |
Apr 03, 2007 |
Is mountain milk more valuable?For the first time in Switzerland, the price that consumers are ready to pay for milk from mountain areas was determined based on customer surveys. |
NewsSwitzerland, International Agriculture |
Apr 03, 2007 |
Management and Winter sport resortsA new volume from the series "Journal of alpine research" was published in March. It deals with the management and governance of winter sport resorts. |
NewsInternational Tourism & Leisure, Spatial development |
Apr 03, 2007 |
New CIPRA resolution for climate protectionCIPRA, the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps, adopted a resolution on "Climate Protection and Climate Change Adaptation Strategies" at its Assembly of Delegates in Bad Hindelang/D on 18th May. |
NewsGermany, International Climate |
Apr 03, 2007 |
Co-operation in the mountains of EuropeThe Pro Monte final conference to be held in Chambéry/F on 8 and 9 June is entitled "Mountain Massifs and Territorial Co-operation in Europe". The Pro Monte Project launched as part of the EU Interact Initiative assists and networks players from European mountain regions looking for answers to urgent issues relating to environmental policy, regional planning and social matters. |
NewsFrance, International |
Apr 03, 2007 |
ALPRO - an analysis tool for projects in the Alpine regionALPRO is a planning tool to be used by local authorities, organisations, promoters and investors to evaluate comprehensively the impact of landscape-altering projects in the Alpine region. |
NewsSwitzerland, International Nature |
Apr 03, 2007 |
Slovenia: plans for a series of hydraulic power plantsSlovenia has granted concessions for the planning of a series of power plants along the Mura, Drava and Sava rivers. The International Committee for the Protection of the Mura River Unsere Mur - Nasa Mura, founded in spring 2006, is opposing this threat to precious river landscapes of the Alps and pre-Alps. |
NewsSlovenia, International Water |
Apr 03, 2007 |
US ski resort to tackle climate changeThe well-known winter sports resort of Aspen in the Rocky Mountains plans intends to cover its entire energy requirements from renewable sources by 2015, a move prompted first and foremost by the realisation that climate change poses a genuine threat to winter tourism in Aspen. |
NewsInternational Climate |
Apr 03, 2007 |
Alpine Convention shows solidarity with other mountain regionsThe keynote event of the 32nd Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Alpine Conference focused on international mountain partnerships. In future the Alpine Convention is aiming to co-operate first and foremost with players from the mountain regions of Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Carpathians and the Balkans. |
NewsInternational |
Apr 03, 2007 |
CIPRA to attend Green Week 2006 in BrusselsCIPRA, the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps, has just received confirmation from the EU Commission that it has been allocated a stand at Green Week 2006, one of the world's largest annual discussion forums on environmental policy. |
NewsInternational Nature |
Apr 03, 2007 |
International events on "Water in the Mountains"The 2nd "Water in Mountains" International Congress on "Integrated Management of High Watersheds - Implementing the European Water-Framework Directive" is to be held in Megève/F from 20 to 22 September 2006. |
NewsInternational Water |
Apr 03, 2007 |
Caucasus Conference documentation available onlineThe three-day conference "Nature Protection in the Caucasus" was held in Berlin/D from 9 to 11 March 2006. |
NewsInternational Nature |
Apr 03, 2007 |
New alpMedia dossier - "Ecological Networks"On 7 and 8 November 2005 representatives of the eight member states of the Alpine Convention attended a seminar on the creation of an ecological network of protected areas to debate the possibilities for establishing an ecological network spanning the Alps. The alpMedia dossier entitled "Ecological Networks" drawn up on that occasion provides an overview of the instruments that play an important role in the establishment of ecological networks at the global, pan-European, European and national levels. |
NewsInternational Nature, People |
Apr 03, 2007 |
Workshops of the Alps-Carpathian co-operation projectThe Alpine Network of Protected Areas is organising two international workshops as part of the co-operation project between the Alps and the Carpathians. The first workshop entitled Integrated Management of Protected Areas is to be held at the Mala Fatra National Park in Slovakia from 1 to 3 June. |
NewsInternational People, Nature |
Apr 03, 2007 |
Skiers: a species on the verge of extinction?A new study by WWF Italy shows that snowfall in the Italian Alps has decreased by 20% over the past thirty years and looks at the consequences. The tourism industry, which has been a cash cow for many alpine regions, has come to rely exclusively on artificial snow installations in many cases. |
NewsItaly, International Tourism & Leisure |
Apr 03, 2007 |
Alpine Enterprise network to promote sustainability-oriented enterprisesTogether with nine partners from all the alpine countries CIPRA, the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps (Schaan/FL), has set itself the aim of establishing an alpine-wide network of small and medium-sized businesses as part of the NENA Project and promote sustainability-oriented enterprises. The idea of an alpine-wide network of enterprises came about as part of CIPRA's Future in the Alps project. |
NewsInternational |
Apr 03, 2007 |
Signing of the Apennines ConventionOn 24 February the Italian Apennine mountain range was endowed with a new protection and management instrument following the signing of the Apennines Convention at the political level. |
NewsInternational Nature |
Apr 03, 2007 |
Perception of the Alps in European cultural historyAs a research report the book Die Alpen! Les Alpes! published by Jon Mathieu and Simona Boscani Leoni looks at the way in which the Alps have been perceived in European cultural history since the Renaissance. The research project comprises a Swiss and an international section and proceeds from the assumption that the Alpine discourse differs more from one country to the next than was previously thought. |
NewsInternational People |
Apr 03, 2007 |
Trucks nose-to-tail on the Brenner, with or without rail tunnelA study by the Swiss traffic research institute progtrans on plans for a Brenner railway tunnel has called into question the purpose of the project. Even if the base tunnel were to be completed by 2015, the number of trucks on the Brenner would increase by 2,000 a day by 2025. |
NewsAustria, International Mobility & Transport |
Apr 03, 2007 |
Montagnalibri - The mountain book exhibition of the Trento Film FestivalThe Montagnalibri mountain book fair is being held in Trento/I between 29 April and 7 May for the 20th time. Book presentations and meetings, discussions and round tables with authors, mountaineers and connoisseurs of Alpine history are to be held daily. |
NewsItaly, International People |
Apr 03, 2007 |
Piedmont mountain population demands its rightsIn Turin/I on 22 February representatives of civilian society from the mountain regions of the Piedmont presented their signed Piemonte Alpine Treaty. The document is the result of intensive debate and discussions, and denounces the political, economic and cultural discrimination of the Piedmont mountain regions compared with the power centres in the pre-Alps and cities. |
NewsItaly, International People, Economy |
Apr 03, 2007 |
Two new publications on the subject of climate changeThe Mountain Research Initiative has published two new English publications on the subject of climate change. |
NewsInternational Climate |
Apr 03, 2007 |
Sustainable Winter Olympics in Turin?Back when Turin was running as a candidate to host the Winter Olympics, Piedmont representatives of environmental associations criticised the candidature for its lack of environment-related issues. |
NewsItaly, International Tourism & Leisure |
Apr 03, 2007 |
Cesana Torinese/I: first community with environment and ethics certificationThe Italian mountain community of Cesana Torinese, near Sestriere, has received an award for its efforts aimed at improving the quality of life of its citizens. The community's ethics programme, which it developed specially, has been certified in accordance with the guidelines of international standard SA 8000 (Social Accountability). |
NewsItaly, International Nature, People |
Apr 03, 2007 |
International event on the management of protected areasThe Third International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas is to be held in Rapperswil/CH from September 13th to 17th. |
NewsSwitzerland, International Nature, People |
Apr 03, 2007 |