Alps
Affirmation iconoclaste que viennent étayer de très sérieuses études au coeur des Alpes : ces paysages qui nous paraissent aujourd’hui si naturels ont bel et bien été modelés et remodelés par les variations du climat et l’action millénaire de l’homme.
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<p>The Bulletin focuses on conflict in mountains:</p>
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<li>Proposed dam in Skardu by M Ismail Khan</li>
<li>Amenity migration by Amy Krause</li>
<li>Park for Peace in the Mandara Mountains by Prashant Sharma</li>
<li>Constructing a social vision...
<p>The focus of the Bulletin is on tourism and how it can help alleviate poverty in mountain areas:</p>
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<li>Making partnerships for sustainable gorilla tourism in Mgahinga, Uganda by Moses Musinguzi</li>
<li>Periyar eco-tourism project in Kerala, India by Santhosh P Thampi</li>...
<p>Articles in the Bulletin focus on climate change:</p>
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<li>Agro-ecological evidence of climate change in the Lebialem Highlands of Cameroon by Alexander Fomin Legwengoh</li>
<li>Melting glaciers in the Himalayas by Samjwal Ratna Bajracharya and Pradeep Mool</...
Explore the Virunga Volcanoes. Hike to the top of the Alps or the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Discover Mount Kinabalu and Mount Wai'ale'ale. In this exploration of mountain habitats, readers learn about five different environments and the animal and plant life that is unique to each.
For many years, the specific handicaps of mountain areas in Europe have been seen as a major reason for targeted policies, particularly for mountain agriculture. There is a range of differences in the production difficulties due to the climate and topographical variety of geographical situations. Farm abandonment and marginalisation processes are seen as significant threats not just to...
This guide is an evaluation or presentation of what takes place in terms of sustainable development in ski resorts in 80 French ski resorts and 10 international resorts.
The evaluation is based on 40 scientific and measurable criteria. A simple pictogram is associated to each criteria, enabling the client, tourist, tour operator, ski resort professional etc. to easily identfiy...
The Alpine Convention is an international treaty with the aim of the protection and sustainable development of the Alps. It was signed in 1991 by Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and the European Community at Salzburg. Slovenia signed the convention on March the 29th 1993 and Monaco became a party on the basis of a separate additional protocol. The Convention...
The concept of “Heimat” (“home”) in the social structure of mountain farmers in the Tyrol: “Heimat” and the process of identity-finding in the European Union The European Union as a founder and creator for “Heimat” and Identity constructions!? The concept of “Heimat” is more than just a synonym of the word “home” and...
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