Alps
Lecco : la ville pose les jalons d’une politique urbaine durable
Lecco a inauguré le 5 avril son année de Ville des Alpes. Une délégation du Parlement des Jeunes de la Convention alpine était présente. Jeunes et représentants des Villes des Alpes ont lancé des initiatives communes pour un avenir durable dans les Villes alpines.
« Le titre de Ville des...
On the occasion of its centenary (1913-2013), the Revue de Géographie Alpine /Journal of Alpine Research (RGA/JAR) is holding a competition for young researchers working in Alpine studies.
PhD, post-doc and master's students are invited to submit scientific papers based on their research. Papers will be evaluated according to standard scientific publishing criteria and a jury...
The XXI edition of the Alpine summer Course is an Italian-French initiative on "Fundamental processes in geophysical fluid dynamics and the climate system" organized each year by the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC) - CNR (Turin, Italy) and by the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) in collaboration with the Ev-K2-CNR Committee. It will take place...
Le compact CIPRA « L’énergie face au changement climatique » donne un aperçu de l’utilisation et de la production d’énergie dans les Alpes et décrit les stratégies nationales et régionales déployées dans ce domaine. Dans le deuxième chapitre, la CIPRA présente ses principales positions . Si nous voulons enrayer le réchauffement climatique, il faut accroître l’efficacité énergétique, mais cela...
This catalogue of measures has been elaborated in the frame of the Ecological Continuum Project. It lists a number of exemplary measures from the various Alpine countries that can contribute to the implementation of ecological networks.
Nature protection in protected areas alone is not sufficient for the long-term conservation of Alpine biodiversity. Successful nature protection and...
Just in time for the International Year of Biodiversity, the Ecological Continuum Initiative has printed an updated version of the brochure on Ecological Networks in the Alps. With a new design, the brochure "“Restoring the web of life – Ecological networks for more biodiversity in the Alps” illustrates the ecological connectivity topic and makes it understandable to a wide...
The Ecological Continuum Project was started in June 2007 by ALPARC (Alpine Network of Protected Areas), CIPRA (International Commission for the Protection of the Alps), ISCAR (International Scientific Committee Alpine Research) and the European Alpine Programme of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) with the aim of maintaining or restoring ecological connectivity between important areas for...
The Alps offer some of the most spectacular scenery in Europe - and some of the finest hiking opportunities, from the shadow of the Matterhorn to the idyllic vineyard country of Kahlenberg, Austria. Here is the first complete guide to outdoor recreation opportunities in all the Alpine countries, outlining 43 of the...
This issue of cc.alps-compact presents an overview of spatial planning-related measures in the Alps to ameliorate the effects of climate change and promote adjustments to it. The second chapter explains CIPRA‘s key concerns: If spatial planning is to play a key role in climate protection, a number of things have to change, because in the case of conflicts of goals regarding the interests...
The CIPRA compact "Nature Protection" provides an overview on actions for nature protection in the Alps to limit climate change and adapt to it. In the second chapter, CIPRA gives its central statement on this issue: nature protection means climate protection. Through the renaturation of marshland, a near-natural cultivation of forests, the revitalisation of rivers and the creation of...
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