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Alpine landscape is not renewable!
https://www.cipra.org/en/positions/alpine-landscape-is-not-renewable
Landscape is a key to negotiating social and political issues. CIPRA has taken up these issues as part of its Alpine-wide priority theme “Landscape” 2019-2020. This position paper, which was developed in a broad and participatory process with CIPRA representatives, young Alpine women and experts from all Alpine countries, is the conclusion of this priority theme.No publisherFocus topic landscapelandscape2020/12/11 06:00:00 GMT+1PositionsNo landscape to be seen
https://www.cipra.org/en/news/no-landscape-to-be-seen
Increasing demands for use are putting the Alpine landscape under ever more pressure. The “Urban Sprawl Initiative” is an attempt by environmentalists in Switzerland to reverse the trend. The aim is to curb the marketisation of the landscape.No publisheralpMedia 1/2019landscape2019/01/30 15:00:00 GMT+1NewsWho will shape the Alpine macro-region?
https://www.cipra.org/en/news/4943
With its "Alpen.Leben" (Living in the Alps) project, CIPRA Austria is sounding out the role of the Alpine Convention for a macro-regional strategy and is asking who should actually have a say in shaping this European Union strategy for the Alps.No publisherAlpine Conventioninternational treatieslandscape conservation/supportlandscape2013/10/17 05:00:00 GMT+1NewsUpgrading the high mountains
https://www.cipra.org/en/news/4901
Austria's highest suspension bridge, including the "Steps into the Void", is intended to lure tourists to the Dachstein Glacier in a similar way to the recently opened "Du Gouter" luxury hut for walkers on Mont Blanc. The ways in which the Alpine mountain world courts visitors.No publishertourismlandscape impactlandscapeglaciersgeomorphology2013/08/23 05:00:00 GMT+1NewsBavaria: Alpine Convention makes court appearance
https://www.cipra.org/en/news/4679
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.No publisherAlpine Conventioninternational treatieslandscape conservation/supportlandscapelandscape impactlandscape2012/08/21 05:00:00 GMT+1NewsFewer Alpine pastures
https://www.cipra.org/en/news/4641
It is not the number of Alms (mountain pastures) that is in decline: rather it is the area of pastureland being worked, according to the preliminary results of the work on the "Alm Atlas".No publishercultural landscapelandscape2012/07/10 05:00:00 GMT+1NewsPublication on the challenges facing mountain regions
https://www.cipra.org/en/news/4191
The Institute for Mountain Research at Innsbruck University/A has published a book on man and the environment in mountain areas under the English original title Challenges for Mountain Regions - Tackling Complexity. Besides the Alps it also examines mountain areas in the Andes and Patagonia.No publisherlandscapeclimate change - repercussionsclimate change, climate policydemographics2010/11/10 06:00:00 GMT+1NewsFen felling
https://www.cipra.org/en/news/4053
It‘s 7 am in early summer. A clack, clack sound drifts through the veil of mist hanging over the Ödmoos area of Bavaria. Work is already in full swing. You need to start early, as it gets very hot during the day. Stefan raises his axe and starts to hack away at the clumps of bushes. The 23-year-old is studying forestry science and works as a volunteer restoring the area‘s natural habitat. He has always had a keen interest in fens and bogs as diverse habitats, ever since he was a boy. And now he also knows that they make a valuable contribution to climate protection.No publishernatural landscapelandscape2010/07/08 05:00:00 GMT+1NewsAustria: pressure caused by exploitation rose at the highest altitudes
https://www.cipra.org/en/news/3893
All across Austria the tendency to build cableways and other skiing infrastructures inside the boundaries of protected areas and other high-value zones can be observed. The Austrian Alpine Club (OeAV) warns against the destruction of landscape and recreational resources in the Alps and demands a framework for a well-balanced territorial planning, in order to preserve the typical Alpine landscape.No publisheruphill installationstourismlandscape impactlandscapeprotected areas / sanctuaries2010/03/26 05:00:00 GMT+1NewsUNESCO Biosphere Entlebuch wins TO DO! Award 2008
https://www.cipra.org/en/news/3461
Every year since 1995 the Institute for Tourism and Development (Studienkreis für Tourismus und Entwicklung) stages its "TO DO!" competition for socially responsible tourism.No publisherbiosphere reservesprotected areas / sanctuariestourismlandscape conservation/supportlandscape2009/04/09 05:00:00 GMT+1NewsModifications to Alpine plant communities
https://www.cipra.org/en/news/3171
A recent French study into 171 woodland plants in temperate regions shows how plant species have already adjusted to climate change, with a significant upward shift in species optimum elevation averaging 29 meters per decade in response to rising global temperatures.No publisherlandscape monitoringlandscapefunctions of the forest2008/07/31 05:00:00 GMT+1NewsNew publication on alpine landscapes
https://www.cipra.org/en/news/2933
The December 2007 issue of the bilingual La revue de géographie alpine / Journal of Alpine Research focuses on the Forum Alpinum held in April 2007, which was dedicated to the topic of landscape development in mountain areas.No publisherlandscape conservation/supportlandscapeliteraturesociety, culture2008/01/31 06:00:00 GMT+1NewsNew issue of the Journal of Alpine Research
https://www.cipra.org/en/news/2817
The latest publication in the series Journal of Alpine Research features four specialist articles addressing different issues. However they all focus on the landscape and the way in which it is changing.No publisherlandscape monitoringlandscapenatural parksprotected areas / sanctuariessettlement landscapelandscape2007/11/08 06:00:00 GMT+1NewsNew publication on regional development and landscape change in the Alps
https://www.cipra.org/en/news/1955
The publication "Regional Development and Cultural Landscape Change in the Alps" features results from the completed REGALP research project, which was funded by the European Commission under the 5th Framework Programme.No publisherregional developmentliteraturesociety, culturelandscape2006/02/09 06:00:00 GMT+1NewsSatellite technology in South Tyrol
https://www.cipra.org/en/news/1855
By October of next year, South Tyrol/I wants to be able to receive data from the various earth observation satellites and evaluate it at a purpose-built facility at the European Academy in Bolzano.No publishernature monitoringnaturelandscape monitoringlandscape2005/10/20 05:00:00 GMT+1News