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Karl Kasthofer was appointed District Forester in Interlaken in 1806. Conditions in Switzerland at this time were strikingly similar to conditions now found in so-called developing countries. The fundamental problem concerning forests in the early 19th century was one of conflicting demands at several different levels. Townspeople, and most foresters, originally saw the forest as a...
Mountain forest provides to society multiple functions which are increasingly of public utility. It contributes to the protection of soils, of habitats and infrastructures. Beyond its direct economic role in the production of wood and the indirect one in the support of rural activities (grazing), tourism and recreation (including hunting), it is a basic element of the mountain natural heritage...
The process of establishing Scotland's second National Park, the Cairngorms National Park, is well underway. On the 29th May 2002, the Draft Designation Order was published outlining the boundary, powers and functions for public consultation. Preceding this, Scottish Natural Heritage had, as the Government's natural heritage adviser, carried out a consultation exercise on the initial...
Mountain regions are fragile ecosystems and an important source of water, energy and biological diversity. Furthermore they are a source of such key resources as minerals, forest and agricultural products, as well as being landscapes for tourism and recreation. As a major ecosystem representing the complex and interrelated ecology of our planet, mountain environments are essential to the...
Since the Second World War till the end of the 20th century because of the well - known (now historical) circumstances, geographical institutions on the Balkans had very weak collaboration. Together with new economical, political and other tendencies in the field of science comes to concrete forms of collaboration. A contract on the realization of the project "Recreative potentials...
International Workshop "Carpathian upper mountain forests" was held on 26-28 April, 2002 in the village Kostryno, Trans-carpathian region (Ukraine) on the territory of the Uzhansky National Nature Park as a part of the International Biosphere Reserve "Eastern Carpathians". Researchers, nature conservationists and NGOs representatives from Ukraine, Czech Republic,...
Travelling through Greece's mountain villages, one can get the impression that time moves differently and more slowly. Indeed, despite the progress that has been achieved and the many social, political, and economic changes, which have influenced the world in the last decade, this impression remains acute. The peace and quiet, which formerly contributed to the economic and social...
The author once was asked the question whether walkers need farmers where his answer was yes; his basic argument: a sane approach to agriculture means a more diversified landscape plus more people on the land, and therefore better infrastructure - public transport, places to eat and sleep. Hillwalkers benefit from taking an interest in rural development.
Over the years, his basic...
The Swiss study area comprises the canton Valais (fr) resp. Wallis (ge), situated in the south-west of Switzerland in the western central alps. The Valais is the third largest canton of total 26 cantons of Switzerland and covers 5,225 km2 (13% of Switzerland). It extends up to Italy (200 km), France (90 km) and 4 other Swiss cantons (228 km). Almost the whole area belongs to the basin of river...
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