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Alpine plants: persistent and endangered
by alpMedia published Mar 17, 2021 last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:09 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Spiked rue, glacier buttercup, saxifrage: the habitat of such alpine plants is shrinking with the glaciers, as a recent study shows. In addition to climate change, mountain plants are also suffering from nitrogen deposition.
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Strange but true!
by CIPRA International published Mar 17, 2021 last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:22 AM — filed under: , , ,
A “vision,” an innovative “lighthouse project” with “international appeal” – while countless cannons provide the necessary snow in other Alpine regions, eastern Switzerland is planning something really big: an indoor snow sports facility in a mountain tunnel in Flums. What is already possible on Dubai’s indoor ski slope, namely weather-independent winter sports, is to become a reality in eastern Switzerland by 2030.
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Wanted: Young “Alpine Changemakers”
by alpMedia published Mar 17, 2021 last modified Feb 20, 2023 05:24 PM — filed under:
Creative ideas, fresh impulses and innovative projects for sustainable development in the Alpine region: at the “Alpine Changemaker Basecamp”, young, motivated people will have the opportunity to develop new future perspectives for a good life in the Alps with like-minded people.
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Strong new voices at CIPRA
by alpMedia published Mar 16, 2021 last modified Sep 28, 2022 10:36 AM — filed under: , , ,
Stephan Tischler is the new Chairman of CIPRA Austria, Elias Kindle takes over as Executive Director of CIPRA Liechtenstein. At CIPRA International Wilfried Marxer becomes Treasurer and Sofia Farina is Youth Representative on the Board, while Co-Director Barbara Wülser says goodbye.
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Point of view: For a cultural change in transit traffic
by alpMedia published Mar 16, 2021 last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:14 AM — filed under: , , , , , ,
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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Swiss Chairmanship of the Alpine Convention
by alpMedia published Mar 16, 2021 last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:22 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
Switzerland has chaired the Alpine Convention since the end of 2020. One of the main topics for the next two years will be climate protection.
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Where pesticides do not belong
by alpMedia published Mar 16, 2021 last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:07 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
On children’s playgrounds, in schoolyards and at the marketplace: researchers from Italy, Austria and Germany detect 32 different agricultural poisons in public places in South Tyrol.
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Young, mobile, sustainable
by alpMedia published Mar 16, 2021 last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:21 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
Travelling through the Alps by train in a climate-friendly way: young adults campaigned for more sustainable mobility at the online workshop “Youth Alpine Interrail” in December 2020 at the “AlpenWoche Intermezzo”. They discussed with representatives from politics how nature experiences can motivate more climate protection and which political measures are necessary.
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Darkness is worth protecting
by alpMedia published Mar 16, 2021 last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:06 AM — filed under: , , ,
Insect mortality, fewer pollinated plants, disoriented migratory birds, disturbed sleeping rhythms: the worldwide increase in light pollution has an enormous impact on flora, fauna and humans – including in the Alpine region.
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Glacier ice on a stick
by alpMedia published Mar 16, 2021 last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:02 AM — filed under: , , ,
Artificial ice cones and “snow ropes”: Swiss glaciologists want to save glacier ice as a water reservoir and make ski resorts more environmentally friendly. The idea comes from the Indian Himalayas.
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