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New issue of the Journal of Alpine Research
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Nov 08, 2007
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Jun 01, 2023 11:23 AM
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landscape monitoring,
landscape,
natural parks,
protected areas / sanctuaries,
settlement landscape,
landscape
The latest publication in the series Journal of Alpine Research features four specialist articles addressing different issues. However they all focus on the landscape and the way in which it is changing.
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New publication on alpine landscapes
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Jan 31, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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landscape conservation/support,
landscape,
literature,
society, culture
The December 2007 issue of the bilingual La revue de géographie alpine / Journal of Alpine Research focuses on the Forum Alpinum held in April 2007, which was dedicated to the topic of landscape development in mountain areas.
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Modifications to Alpine plant communities
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Jul 31, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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landscape monitoring,
landscape,
functions of the forest
A recent French study into 171 woodland plants in temperate regions shows how plant species have already adjusted to climate change, with a significant upward shift in species optimum elevation averaging 29 meters per decade in response to rising global temperatures.
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UNESCO Biosphere Entlebuch wins TO DO! Award 2008
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Apr 09, 2009
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:19 AM
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biosphere reserves,
protected areas / sanctuaries,
tourism,
landscape conservation/support,
landscape
Every year since 1995 the Institute for Tourism and Development (Studienkreis für Tourismus und Entwicklung) stages its "TO DO!" competition for socially responsible tourism.
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Austria: pressure caused by exploitation rose at the highest altitudes
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Mar 26, 2010
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM
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uphill installations,
tourism,
landscape impact,
landscape,
protected areas / sanctuaries
All across Austria the tendency to build cableways and other skiing infrastructures inside the boundaries of protected areas and other high-value zones can be observed. The Austrian Alpine Club (OeAV) warns against the destruction of landscape and recreational resources in the Alps and demands a framework for a well-balanced territorial planning, in order to preserve the typical Alpine landscape.
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Fen felling
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Jul 08, 2010
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Jul 07, 2021 01:16 AM
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natural landscape,
landscape
It‘s 7 am in early summer. A clack, clack sound drifts through the veil of mist hanging over the Ödmoos area of Bavaria. Work is already in full swing. You need to start early, as it gets very hot during the day. Stefan raises his axe and starts to hack away at the clumps of bushes. The 23-year-old is studying forestry science and works as a volunteer restoring the area‘s natural habitat. He has always had a keen interest in fens and bogs as diverse habitats, ever since he was a boy. And now he also knows that they make a valuable contribution to climate protection.
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Publication on the challenges facing mountain regions
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Nov 10, 2010
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:16 AM
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landscape,
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
demographics
The Institute for Mountain Research at Innsbruck University/A has published a book on man and the environment in mountain areas under the English original title Challenges for Mountain Regions - Tackling Complexity. Besides the Alps it also examines mountain areas in the Andes and Patagonia.
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Fewer Alpine pastures
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Jul 10, 2012
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:07 AM
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cultural landscape,
landscape
It is not the number of Alms (mountain pastures) that is in decline: rather it is the area of pastureland being worked, according to the preliminary results of the work on the "Alm Atlas".
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Bavaria: Alpine Convention makes court appearance
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Aug 21, 2012
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Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM
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Alpine Convention,
international treaties,
landscape conservation/support,
landscape,
landscape impact,
landscape
The constitutional court of Bavaria has received a complaint against the classification of land for development demanding, for the first time, compliance with the Alpine Convention. The court ruling could significantly change how the Alps are protected in Bavaria.
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Upgrading the high mountains
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published
Aug 23, 2013
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last modified
Apr 24, 2024 03:26 PM
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filed under:
tourism,
landscape impact,
landscape,
glaciers,
geomorphology
Austria's highest suspension bridge, including the "Steps into the Void", is intended to lure tourists to the Dachstein Glacier in a similar way to the recently opened "Du Gouter" luxury hut for walkers on Mont Blanc. The ways in which the Alpine mountain world courts visitors.
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