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Alpweek 2008 - Innovating [in] the Alps
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by
zopemaster
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published
Nov 22, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
sustainable development,
Alpine Convention,
international treaties
The second edition of the Alpweek is being held in the Pays des Ecrins/F from 11 to 14 June 2008, with players from throughout the Alpine region discussing issues of sustainable development. After the positive experiences of the 2004 Alpweek in Kranjska Gora/SI the major Alpine networks ISCAR, CIPRA, Alliance in the Alps, ALPARC and Club Arc Alpin decided to repeat the event in 2008.
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And yet it moves!
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by
zopemaster
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published
Jul 08, 2010
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:16 AM
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filed under:
Alpine Convention,
international treaties
Evian/F, March 2009. A huge, windowless room with cold artificial lighting. The only link to nature inside the conference centre is a spectacular bouquet of flowers picked, it would seem, from beyond the Alps. Seated at long tables are the Environment Ministers and State Secretaries of all the Alpine states.
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Austria in Bid for Alpine Convention Water Protocol
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by
zopemaster
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published
Mar 24, 2005
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM
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filed under:
Alpine Convention,
international treaties
The main areas of focus of Austria's chairmanship of the Alpine Convention have now been defined. At a press conference held in Innsbruck/A on 18 March Environment Minister Josef Pröll outlined Austria's programme. According to Mr Pröll Austria is to focus on adopting a Water Protocol, addressing transport issues and completing the Progress Report on the state of the Alps.
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Austria: Federation money for the implementation of the Alpine Convention
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zopemaster
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published
Jun 29, 2006
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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filed under:
Alpine Convention,
international treaties
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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Awakening and change
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CIPRA International
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published
Aug 09, 2017
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:06 AM
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filed under:
Alpine politics,
annual report 2016,
Alpine Convention
“Us first” was the pervasive motto in 2016, more so than ever before. In the light of a global political and social climate of isolation it is all the more important for CIPRA to stand up for values such as solidarity, co-operation, environmental protection, and justice.
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Awards for six sustainable tourism projects
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by
zopemaster
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published
Apr 09, 2009
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:19 AM
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filed under:
tourism,
Alpine Convention,
international treaties,
sustainable development
During its presidency of the Alpine Convention France is focusing on sustainable tourism.
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Bavaria: Alpine Convention makes court appearance
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zopemaster
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published
Aug 21, 2012
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM
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filed under:
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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Carpathian Convention: Interim Secretariat in Vienna
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by
zopemaster
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published
Jul 29, 2004
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM
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filed under:
Carpathian Convention,
international treaties,
Alpine Convention,
international treaties,
sustainable development
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has opened a new office in Vienna: as of July the UNEP office is to act as the Interim Secretariat of the Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians.
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CIPRA Annual Specialist Conference 2003: "All systems Go! for the Alpine Convention?! Traffic as the focus of implementation"
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zopemaster
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published
Jul 03, 2003
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:10 AM
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filed under:
Alpine Convention,
international treaties,
players / networks
This year's CIPRA annual specialist conference is to address the implementation of the Alpine Convention with a special focus on the issue of (transit) traffic.
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CIPRA calls for Alpine Convention Water Protocol
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by
zopemaster
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published
Jul 18, 2003
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:10 AM
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filed under:
Alpine Convention,
international treaties,
players / networks
For years the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps CIPRA has been demanding that the Alpine states draw up a Water Protocol to the Alpine Convention. In Innsbruck/A CIPRA itself tabled a proposal for such a Protocol to coincide with the UN's International Year of Freshwater 2003.
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