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Better protection for natural spaces
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Resistance is growing across the Alps against construction activities in pristine or largely unspoilt areas. CIPRA is making an appeal for integrative spatial planning to the Alpine states meeting this week in Murnau, Germany.No publisheralpMedia 04/20162016/04/20 12:00:00 GMT+1NewsPoint of view: 25 years of the Alpine Convention are not enough
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While we celebrate 25 years of the Alpine Convention, we still bemoan the slow pace of its implementation. For its objectives to be achieved, believes Katharina Conradin, President of CIPRA International, we have to repeatedly demand their realisation.No publisheralpMedia 04/20162016/04/20 11:55:00 GMT+1NewsCIPRA and the Alpine Convention: a fruitful co-operation
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An architectural competition, a climate conference, activities with young people: CIPRA and the Alpine Convention have a lot in common, as the current annual report of CIPRA International makes clear.No publisheralpMedia 04/20162016/04/20 11:50:00 GMT+1NewsChange is in the air
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A change of executive director at CIPRA International and at CIPRA Austria, and a new president for CIPRA Switzerland: the new faces shaping the future of CIPRA.No publisheralpMedia 04/20162016/04/20 11:45:00 GMT+1NewsOne river, numerous desires: disagreements about the Alpine Rhine
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A current bone of contention between different interest groups is the priority to be given to the various uses made of the Alpine Rhine: as a farming area, as a habitat for the little ringed plover and the German tamarisk, or as a drinking water reservoir. SPARE, a new European Union project for the Alpine region, will offer assistance for the holistic management of watercourses.No publisheralpMedia 04/20162016/04/20 11:30:00 GMT+1NewsChemicals in the Alps– unwanted souvenirs
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Not only particulates are causing problems for people and animals: chemicals too are accumulating in the Alps. As one of the causes the outdoors industry is only gradually moving to remedy matters. No publisheralpMedia 04/20162016/04/20 11:25:00 GMT+1NewsAward-winning tourism
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Tourism too has its success stories. Innovative projects in the Alps are drawing attention. A national park in Germany now shows that sustainable tourism can also bring economic benefits.No publisheralpMedia 04/20162016/04/20 11:15:00 GMT+1NewsVictory and defeat for new protected areas
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New protected areas are valuable for biodiversity, with many also intended to boost the local economy. There are nevertheless frequent reservations.No publisheralpMedia 04/20162016/03/16 10:45:00 GMT+1NewsStrange but true...
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soft guitar music, gentle singing, then the camera zooms onto a green, undeveloped hillside.No publisheralpMedia 04/20162016/03/16 09:45:00 GMT+1News