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Trading emissions to achieve "zero emissions" target at the Olympic Games
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Jun 30, 2005
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climate change, climate policy,
winter sports, skiing areas,
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Turin/I is aiming to maximise the reduction in the output of greenhouse gases during the forthcoming Winter Olympics with the aid of its HECTOR (Heritage Climate Torino) programme launched in 2004.
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Snowcats and man-made snow as a threat to plant diversity
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May 04, 2005
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Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM
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biodiversity,
winter sports, skiing areas,
sport,
winter sports, skiing areas,
sport
The number of plant species growing on mountain slopes used for ski trails in Switzerland is eleven percent lower than on adjoining sites. The reduction is especially striking in the case of woody and early flowering plants.
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Italy: mountain peak to be illuminated during the 2006 Winter Olympics
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May 04, 2005
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Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM
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sporting events,
sport
During the 2006 Winter Olympics the local authority for Valli Po, Bronda e Infernotto plans to illuminate the summit of Monviso, the mountain that is the hallmark of the Piedmont.
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Ski area for the Himalayas
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Apr 21, 2005
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Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM
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winter sports, skiing areas,
sport,
uphill installations,
tourism
The highest ski slopes in the northern hemisphere are shortly to be built in Gulmarg on the slopes of Mount Afarwat in the Indian part of Kashmir. With a budget of 2.5 million euros, a French company is planning to build ski lifts and a 2.5-kilometre-long ski run at an altitude of over 4500 meters above sea-level.
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Japan: Many skiing regions on verge of bankruptcy
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Apr 07, 2005
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winter sports, skiing areas,
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Japan's winter resorts are in crisis. Since the boom years in the early 1990s the number of winter sports enthusiasts has dropped by more than a third. Even on weekends where snow is abundant many of the lifts remain closed. One ski resort in two is on the verge of bankruptcy. And yet in recent years only 4 out of a total of 722 ski areas have closed down; this is because Japanese legislation requires that, in the event of closure, operators dismantle the lift facilities and restore the ski slopes.
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Turin Winter Olympics 2006: Government to fill financial gap
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Mar 10, 2005
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sporting events,
sport
Less than one year before the start of the 2006 Winter Olympics uncertainty still prevails as to how to fill the financial gap of around €180 m that has resulted from a lack of revenue. Moreover the internal disputes within the Games' Organising Committee that have now been going on for several months have reached a new high with the forced resignations of both the Chairman and his deputy.
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New publication on mountain sports in the Alps
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Feb 10, 2005
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alpinism,
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Mountain sports in the Alps are the focus of the latest English/French publication in the series "Revue de Géographie Alpine/Journal of Alpine Research", which contains five essays from the fields of cultural geography, tourism economy, and sport- and ethno-sociology. Thomas Bieger examines the patterns of demand on the traditional Swiss winter travel market and concludes that while the number of winter sports has greatly increased, demand is concentrated on just a few offers.
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Record investments in French winter sport areas
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Jan 13, 2005
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In 2004 France's winter sport resorts invested 348 million euros - more than ever before - in refurbishment and upgrade measures. In the last ten years, such investments have increased by about 200 percent compared with only 50 percent for ski area turnover. The number of skier days per season is now stagnating at 63 million.
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Hydrogen-powered piste vehicles in the Alps
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Sep 23, 2004
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hydrogen,
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sport,
winter sports, skiing areas,
sport
The Swiss association Swiss Alps 3000 has launched a new campaign aimed at zero-emissions mobility in the Alps. As part of the campaign it presented the prototype of a hydrogen-powered piste vehicle. The first vehicle of this type was tested during winter 2003/2004.
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New tourist complexes in high mountain regions
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Aug 12, 2004
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tourism,
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The Ukrainian project at Bukovel reflects the global trend towards developing increasingly vast ski areas:
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