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News

Swiss want to see fewer second homes

(21.3.2012) Most Swiss people have approved the "Stop the never-ending building of second homes" initiative, providing mountain communities with more protection for landscapes. But the building moratorium is not universally popular. More

60 years of CIPRA

(24.4.2012) The International Commission for the Protection of the Alps, CIPRA, has reason to celebrate. On 5 May this umbrella organisation, containing some one hundred members from all countries in the Alps, will turn 60. More

Events

AlpCheck2 Conference

(26.4.2012) Haus der Wirtschaft Willi-Bleicher-Str. 19 Studio A, Stuttgart
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Climate change and migration in mountain areas

(3.5.2012 - 4.5.2012) Brighton, UK
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Publication

Proceedings of the European Conference on Biodiversity and Climate Change - Science, Practice and Policy

Year of Publication: 2012

The “European Conference on Biodiversity and Climate Change – Science, Practice & Policy”, held on 12 & 13 April 2011 in Bonn, Germany, was organized by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) in co-operation with the ENCA Interest Group on Climate Change and the University of Greifswald. A wide range of European experts convened to discuss the latest research findings in the field of biodiversity and climate change and to explore options of how to improve the dialogue between science, policy and practice. A major thread throughout the conference was the question of how scientific results can be better integrated into political decision making processes and implemented in practice.
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