http://www.cipra.org daily 1 2006-09-12T16:57:37Z http://www.cipra.org/en/alpmedia/news-en/3996 CIPRA has now joined the popular platform facebook with a profile of its own. At http://www.facebook.com/CIPRA.org facebook users can network with our organization and will be informed about novelties, events and actions. Videos and photos provide additional interest and visualize our motto "Life in the Alps". No publisher zopemaster 2010-06-15T20:42:23Z CipraNews http://www.cipra.org/en/alpmedia/news-en/3904 the mid-term of the project has passed, many meetings have been had, and significant tribulations concerning first level control have finally been mastered. Along the way quite a few successes have been noted, but just as many new questions have been raised. The generic questions and goals formulated in the initial proposal have invariantly come to heads with reality - a somewhat tense situation has ensued that was not always simple to resolve. No publisher zopemaster 2010-04-01T21:01:10Z CipraNews http://www.cipra.org/en/alpmedia/news-en/3738 What sort of impact and side effects do climate response measures have? CIPRA's latest issue of AlpsInsight entitled In the Name of Climate Protection looks at how climate change issues are being addressed in the Alps and points the way towards sustainable action. No publisher zopemaster 2009-12-17T21:43:16Z CipraNews http://www.cipra.org/en/alpmedia/news-en/3690 Last week's annual CIPRA conference on the subject of growth attracted some 200 attendees to Liechtenstein. There was a consensus that our limited resources mean that growth is finite. Numerous ideas were offered and calls made for a response to the inevitable downsizing process. CIPRA summarised the most urgent calls in a catalogue of ideas. No publisher zopemaster 2009-09-25T20:43:03Z CipraNews http://www.cipra.org/en/alpmedia/news-en/3578 CIPRA, the Alpine network of protected areas, ISCAR and the WWF have been involved in the "Ecological Continuum" project for the establishment of an ecological network covering the entire Alpine region since 2007. No publisher zopemaster 2009-07-30T20:39:26Z CipraNews http://www.cipra.org/en/alpmedia/news-en/3523 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". No publisher zopemaster 2009-05-25T20:44:20Z CipraNews http://www.cipra.org/en/alpmedia/news-en/3305 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. No publisher zopemaster 2008-11-14T22:55:51Z CipraNews http://www.cipra.org/en/alpmedia/news-en/3300 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. No publisher zopemaster 2008-11-14T22:55:42Z CipraNews http://www.cipra.org/en/alpmedia/news-en/3174 The Alpine Space Programme established in the framework of the INTERREG IVB European Community Initiative Programme is being used to fund a dozen new projects. No publisher zopemaster 2008-09-22T21:50:21Z CipraNews http://www.cipra.org/en/alpmedia/news-en/3118 Some 350 attendees came to Argentière-la-Bessée/F for this year's AlpWeek from 11 - 14 June to discuss the question of innovation in and for the Alps under the title of "Innovating (in) the Alps". No publisher zopemaster 2008-07-24T21:20:30Z CipraNews http://www.cipra.org/en/alpmedia/news-en/3116 On 29 May, the representatives of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the Alpine Convention and the Carpathian Convention agreed to intensify collaboration in the field of nature protection and signed a memorandum of co-operation to that effect. No publisher zopemaster 2008-07-24T21:20:25Z CipraNews http://www.cipra.org/en/alpmedia/news-en/3061 A new educational CD-Rom has been published, providing a wide overview of key issues affecting the Alps. No publisher zopemaster 2008-05-19T21:15:37Z CipraNews http://www.cipra.org/en/alpmedia/news-en/2954 A network of innovative and sustainability-orientated enterprises and umbrella organisations in the Alps was officially established in Zurich in mid-January. No publisher zopemaster 2008-04-02T21:28:08Z CipraNews http://www.cipra.org/en/alpmedia/news-en/2840 The second edition of the Alpweek is being held in the Pays des Ecrins/F from 11 to 14 June 2008, with players from throughout the Alpine region discussing issues of sustainable development. After the positive experiences of the 2004 Alpweek in Kranjska Gora/SI the major Alpine networks ISCAR, CIPRA, Alliance in the Alps, ALPARC and Club Arc Alpin decided to repeat the event in 2008. No publisher zopemaster 2008-01-22T21:06:29Z CipraNews http://www.cipra.org/en/alpmedia/news-en/2782 The Alps have the potential to become a model region for climate protection. And yet today, on a global comparison, every inhabitant of the Alps is contributing disproportionately to the greenhouse gas emissions affecting the climate. No publisher zopemaster 2008-01-22T21:05:43Z CipraNews