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Point of view: Equal opportunities for trains and trucks!
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CIPRA International
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published
Nov 07, 2019
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:12 AM
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alpmedia 7/2019,
Point of view,
Transit,
transalpine goods transport
224 million tonnes of goods rolled through the Alps last year, a new record – more than two thirds of it on trucks. To decrease the pressure on nature and humans along the transit axes, railways and roads have be on the same level playing field, says Jakob Dietachmair, Project Manager at CIPRA International.
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Point of view: Europe and its Alps
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by
alpMedia
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published
Apr 24, 2019
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:09 AM
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filed under:
Alps,
Alpine politics,
alpmedia 3/2019,
Point of view
The fundamental question facing the direct elections to the European Parliament in May 2019 is: hat is the outlook – in Europe and in the Alps – for democracy and “good governance”? Erwin Rothgang, Vice-President of CIPRA International, argues for new forms of co-operation.
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Point of view: European elections 2024: why a Swiss citizen would also like a vote
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by
CIPRA International
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published
Apr 24, 2024
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last modified
May 06, 2024 12:51 PM
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Point of view,
alpMedia 3/2024
Switzerland’s referendum-based democracy has pitfalls of its own when it comes to environmental and climate policy. There needs to be an overarching corrective, such as neighbouring countries have in their constitutional courts and through the legal institutions of the EU, says Kaspar Schuler – as a Swiss citizen and Executive Director of CIPRA International.
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Point of view: For a cultural change in transit traffic
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by
alpMedia
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published
Mar 16, 2021
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:14 AM
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filed under:
alpMedia 2/2021,
Point of view,
transalpine goods transport,
transalpine transport,
Focus Transit,
Transit,
transport policy, transport planning
Trade has been the driving force behind cultural and social development in the Alpine region. Transit traffic in its current form, on the other hand, mainly benefits regions away from the Alps. To ban noise and exhaust fumes from the Alpine valleys we need more than a watered-down EU directive, says Stephan Tischler, President of CIPRA Austria.
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Point of view: He who sows infrastructure, reaps more traffic
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by
CIPRA International
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published
Jan 27, 2016
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last modified
Apr 24, 2024 03:26 PM
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alpMedia 01/2016,
Point of view
At the end of February 2016 Swiss voters will decide on the building of a second road tunnel at the Gotthard Pass. The CHF 4 billion project will torpedo Switzerland’s modal shift policy, believes Barbara Wülser, CIPRA International’s communications manager.
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Point of view: In nature restoration we trust!
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by
Gams Michael
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published
Sep 29, 2023
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last modified
Sep 29, 2023 09:40 AM
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Point of view,
Biodiversity,
alpMedia 7/2023
The Nature Restoration Law now obliges all EU member states to restore destroyed nature to a good ecological condition and thus safeguard the stocks of pollinators, natural resources, clean air and clean water. The Alpine region and its agriculture will also benefit, says Serena Arduino, Co-President of CIPRA International.
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Point of view: Let's finally press the reset button in tourism!
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by
CIPRA International
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published
Feb 03, 2022
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last modified
Jun 21, 2022 10:40 AM
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filed under:
alpMedia 1/2022,
Point of view,
Tourism,
alpine tourism,
Sustainable tourism
Mass tourism in the Alps has collapsed due to the ongoing Corona pandemic, and the opportunities for switching to environmentally and socially just tourism have increased. But they must also be exploited, says Hans Weber, Executive Director of CIPRA Switzerland.
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Point of view: Let’s create an “Alpine Plan” for all Alpine regions!
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by
[email protected] [email protected]
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published
Nov 07, 2022
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last modified
Nov 09, 2022 09:38 AM
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filed under:
CIPRA Österreich,
Point of view,
Alpine politics,
Meldung CIPRA Deutschland,
Soil sealing,
alpMedia 7/2022,
Spatial Planning
The Bavarian Alpine Plan celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022. Alpine spatial planning has proven here that it is predestined to find solutions to the pressing issues of the day. Similar planning instruments are lacking in many Alpine regions, although we need them more urgently than ever, claim Paul Kuncio, Executive Director of CIPRA Austria, and Uwe Roth, Executive Director of CIPRA Germany.
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Point of view: Making the Alpine Convention more interactive
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by
CIPRA International
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published
Jun 03, 2015
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:25 AM
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alpMedia 05/2015,
Point of view
The effectiveness of the Alpine Convention is often called into question. A new approach could help reposition it as an engine of co-operation and sustainable development in the Alpine regions, says Claire Simon, Executive Director of CIPRA International.
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Point of view: Mountains for everyone? Not a chance!
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by
CIPRA International
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published
Jan 16, 2024
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filed under:
Mountains,
alpmedia 1/2024,
social affairs,
Point of view
Access to the mountains and mountain sports is often unfair, exclusive, segregating and discriminatory. Henriette Adolf, Deputy Executive Director of CIPRA Germany, argues in favour of equal participation in mountain sports.
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