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2009-12-15

Alpine Convention's climate portal now online

Nachahmer gesucht: Die italienische Gemeinde Cassinetta di Lugagnano hat einen "Nullwachstumsplan" verabschiedet, in dem keine weitere Baulandsausweitung mehr vorgesehen ist.
The Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention has gone online with its climate portal, in time for International Mountain Day and the climate negotiations in Copenhagen. The climate portal collates and disseminates information on events, activities and developments relating to climate change in the Alps. Climate-related information from throughout the Alpine region can be submitted to the portal for publication.

2009-11-05

Alpine Convention acts as a guide for the Dinaric Alps

Dinariden
CIPRA Slovenia has successfully completed its project entitled "Knowledge transfer in the area of sustainable development from the Alpine Convention to the municipality of Mojkovac in Montenegro". The project provides a good starting point for the comprehensive promotion of nature conservation and sustainable development in the Dinaric mountain range.

2009-09-24

The Alpine Convention in small bites

Die Website möchte der Öffentlichkeit die Inhalte der Alpenkonvention auf einfache und dynamische Weise vermitteln.
"The Alpine Convention in Small Bites" is the name of a new page on the website operated by the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention, which provides short summaries of the main contents of the Alpine Convention.

2009-09-10

Mountain film festivals at a glance

Bergfilmfestival
A good overview of the main mountain film festivals in the Alps is provided by a new brochure on "Mountain Film Festivals in the Alps" published by the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention.

2009-07-09

New version of the bilingual Revue de Géographie alpine

Die Revue der Géographie alpine ist das wichtigste wissenschaftliche Medium der Alpenkonvention.
The international bilingual (fr/en) Revue de Géographie alpine (Journal of Alpine Research) has recently become available online on http://rga.revues.org (fr/en).

2009-06-25

II. Report on the State of the Alps feels the pulse of the Alpine watercourses

Der II. Alpenzustandsbericht hat den Zweck, die Diskussion über "Wasser und die Wasserwirtschaft" zu fördern.
The Standing Secretariat of the Alpine Convention and an international group of experts under the joint chairmanship of Austria and Germany have compiled the 2nd Report on the State of the Alps focusing on "Water and Water Management Issues".

2009-06-25

Alpine region carbon-neutral by 2050

At the 10th Alpine Conference in Evian/F in March 2009 a climate action plan was adopted, which set itself the goal of making the Alpine region a model for prevention and adjustment to climate change.

2009-05-07

EU Parliament agrees to ratify Transport Protocol

Güterzug
At the end of April 2009 the European Parliament agreed to the ratification of the Alpine Convention's Transport Protocol.

2009-04-23

A guide to the Alpine Convention

The Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention recently published a book in five languages (de, en, fr, it, sl) entitled The Alps: Eight Countries, A Single Territory.

2009-04-09

Awards for six sustainable tourism projects

Sechs Projekte zum Nachhaltigen Tourismus ausgezeichnet
During its presidency of the Alpine Convention France is focusing on sustainable tourism.

2009-03-12

The Alpine Convention has no answer to climate change

Alpenkonvention
At the 10th Alpine Conference held in Evian/F the Alpine states today debated a common approach to climate change. They were unable however to agree on a climate action plan for the Alpine region that is worthy of the name. Besides general formulations the climate action plan finally adopted by the Conference does contain a few concrete measures - thanks not least to pressure from CIPRA. However these measures are far too tentative to genuinely take climate protection in the Alps forward.

2008-09-11

New publication on developments in environmental law

This book is the first to tell the full story in chronological order of the Environmental Law Programme of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN ELP).

2008-06-19

Climate Pact for the Alps - criteria for innovation

Argentiere
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".

2008-01-17

Agricultural genetic resources of the Alps

Final Report
The final report of the project "Continuous Monitoring of Agricultural Genetic Resources of the Alps: The Alpine Delphi" was published at the end of 2007. The project was conducted by the Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe in co-operation with the SAVE Foundation.

2007-12-20

Report on the State of the Alps focuses on transport and mobility

At the end of November the Secretary General of the Alpine Convention, Marco Onida, presented the first part of the Report on the State of the Alps. The Report is now available not just in English but also in German, French, Italian and Slovenian.

2007-08-02

Alpine Convention: First Report on the State of the Alps focuses on transport and mobility

Alpenzustandsbericht
The Alpine Convention has just published the first issue in its new series of publications entitled "Reports on the State of the Alps".

2006-11-16

Alpine Convention: concrete measures on behalf of the climate

On November 9 the environment ministers of the alpine states convened for the Alpine Conference, which is held every two years.

2006-09-21

The Alps should become a model climate region

CIPRA, the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps, is calling for an Alpine Convention (AC) action plan on climate protection. CIPRA has sent a letter to this effect to the Environment Ministers of the Alpine countries and the EU, who are meeting in Alpbach/A on 8 and 9 November for the 9th Alpine Conference.

2006-09-06

Delimitation of the Carpathian Convention area - Pilot study

Die Europäische Akademie in Bozen/I publizierte kürzlich eine englischsprachige Pilotstudie zur Implementierung internationaler Berggebietskonventionen.

2006-06-29

Austria: Federation money for the implementation of the Alpine Convention

In Austria the Federation recognises the potential of the Alpine Convention (AC) and, in the future, it will directly fund its implementation. So far, the AC was often considered as pure "prohibition law". Recently it has found access in the Austrian Federation programme for country development.


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