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An Alpine Crossing Exchange is legally feasible
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by
zopemaster
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published
Jan 29, 2014
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:10 AM
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filed under:
transalpine goods transport,
transalpine transport,
traffic avoidance, traffic calming,
transport policy, transport planning,
law
There are no legal obstacles to the introduction of an Alpine Crossing Exchange (ACE), provided the Alpine countries show the necessary political will. This is the conclusion reached by a study commissioned by the European Region Tyrol - South Tyrol - Trentino.
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Ecological Connectivity and the Law: from barriers to instruments
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by
zopemaster
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published
Mar 26, 2010
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM
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filed under:
nature conservation/support,
nature,
law
Entering the second year of the ECONNECT project, the activities on legal barriers (Work Package 6) are steadily progressing. The two major fields of action are at the moment a comparative analysis of the legal frameworks of ecological connectivity in the Alps and the analysis of the legal situation in the pilot regions.
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New publication on developments in environmental law
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by
zopemaster
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published
Sep 11, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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filed under:
law,
Alpine Convention,
international treaties
This book is the first to tell the full story in chronological order of the Environmental Law Programme of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN ELP).
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EU: Legally enforceable right to clean air
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by
zopemaster
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published
Jul 31, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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filed under:
law
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that citizens have a legally enforceable right to clean air. Individuals affected by high concentrations of particulate matter can now call on the courts throughout the EU to ensure that effective measures are taken to improve the quality of the air.
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EU Structural Fund with negative environmental impacts
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by
zopemaster
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published
May 29, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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filed under:
law,
nature descriptions,
nature
More than two thirds of the projects financed with the help of the European Union's Structural Fund have effects that are contrary to EU environmental policy objectives.
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German environmental associations obtain greater rights of action
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by
zopemaster
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published
Jan 18, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:20 AM
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filed under:
international treaties,
law
With the coming into force on 15 December 2006 of Germany's environmental legal remedy legislation environmental associations have been given greater rights of action in the area of environmental protection.
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Putting an end to terminology confusion in the alpine region
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by
zopemaster
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published
Apr 07, 2005
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM
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filed under:
information systems,
law
The LexAlp project was recently launched in a bid to harmonise the legal language used in environmental and regional planning in alpine countries. As the first project of its kind LexAlp covers all four official languages of the Alps - French, German, Italian and Slovene.
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Environmental risk assessment partly abolished in Austria
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zopemaster
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published
Mar 10, 2005
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM
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filed under:
ecological test and audit procedures,
environment,
law
On March 2 Austria's Lower House of Parliament, the National Council, adopted a number of key changes to the statutory basis of environmental risk assessments. Under the amendment mandatory environmental risk assessments have been waived for specific projects (construction of or modifications to leisure and recreation parks, sports stadiums, etc.).
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No GMO-free zone in Upper Austria says EU
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zopemaster
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published
Sep 11, 2003
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:10 AM
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filed under:
biology,
ecology,
law
The EU Commission has rejected Austria's request to approve national measures for a three-year ban on genetically modified organisms. The federal province of Upper Austria was to have been declared a GMO-free zone. The government of the province of Upper Austria felt that a general ban on genetically modified seed stock was justified inasmuch as the issue of the coexistence of agricultural methods of cultivation with and without genetically modified organisms had not yet been fully resolved.
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