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From vegetable plots to supermarkets: land consumption in France
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zopemaster
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Dec 02, 2004
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM
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filed under:
regional planning, regional development, land use,
towns and cities, agglomerations,
land settlement,
settlement landscape,
landscape
The French association for regional planning and rural development has recently published a white paper on the subject of land consumption as a result of urbanisation, entitled "The End of the Landscape?". More and more arable land is being built up with residential buildings and industrial parks, and land consumption is progressing at an alarming pace.
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Mountains in the Mediterranean Region Project presented at the IUCN Congress
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zopemaster
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published
Dec 02, 2004
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM
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filed under:
mountains,
geomorphology,
players / networks,
landscape conservation/support,
landscape
Italy's Environment Minister presented the Mountains in the Mediterranean Region Project at the IUCN Congress held in Bangkok from 17 to 25 November.
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Questionnaire on best practice in protected area management
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zopemaster
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Jan 15, 2004
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:03 AM
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landscape conservation/support,
landscape,
protected areas / sanctuaries,
INTERREG,
development/support measures
Experts and people working in protected areas are invited to take part in a questionnaire on best practice in protected area management.
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Second international conference on interdisciplinary research into mountain areas
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zopemaster
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Dec 18, 2003
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:03 AM
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filed under:
landscape conservation/support,
landscape,
biodiversity,
research, science
Young scientists now have an opportunity to take part in the second international conference on interdisciplinary research into mountain areas. The conference is to be held at the National Park Centre Stilfserjoch in Stilfs/Trafoi (I) from 29 September to 2 October 2004 and is organised jointly by the Stilfserjoch National Park, the European Academy in Bolzano and Innsbruck University.
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Alpine wind farms: blessing or curse?
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zopemaster
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Sep 25, 2003
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:10 AM
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filed under:
wind power,
renewable energy,
landscape conservation/support,
landscape,
Alpine Convention,
international treaties
Tiroler Wasserkraft AG (TIWAG) and Salzachwind GmbH are planning to build several wind farms in the Wipptal/Brenner region on the Austrian-Italian border. The Austrian Alpine Association (ÖAV) is calling for an immediate stop to the planning work for the wind farms as they are to be erected in a conservation and local recreation area.
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