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Institute for Mountain Research: Man and Environment (IGF), Austrian Academy of Sciences
The Institute for Mountain Research: Man and Environment (IGF) at its headquarters in Innsbruck focuses on inter- and transdisciplinary mountain research (montology) in cooperation with international groups of scientists. It also includes GLORIA (http://www.mountainresearch.at/index.php/en/institute/networks.html), the long-term global monitoring network in alpine areas. The institute is part of...
Migration and climate change in mountain areas

Enclosed you will find a workshop summary, which might be of interest to you.

The workshop on “Migration and climate change in mountain areas”, was co-organised by the University of Neuchâtel (Prof. Etienne Piguet) and the University of Sussex (Prof. Richard Black), held in May 2012.

This workshop aimed to bring together both senior and junior scholars with an...

Environment and Security Initiative: Transforming risks into cooperation in South Eastern Europe

Priority: Management and reduction of trans boundary risks from hazardous activities

Outcomes:

  • Reduced local environmental and human health risks and minimized tensions among SEE countries through reduction of risk of accidental transboundary pollution arising from hazardous...
European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano
EURAC is an innovative Institute for Research and Further Education, comprising five areas of research: Applied Linguistics, Minorities and Autonomies, Sustainable Development, Management and Corporate Culture, and finally, Life Sciences. The European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC) lies in the heart of the Dolomites. Created in 1992 as an independent research center, EURAC is home to...
S4C Science for Carpathians: Research Agenda for the Carpathians 2010 - 2015
This document is the result of policy- and science driven activities stimulated through the growing recognition of the global importance of mountains. The interplay between those activities, in particular the development of the Carpathian Convention facilitated by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), together with the emergence of mountain research networks in Europe enabled the...
Feasibility Study on Establishing a Transboundary Protected Area Prokletije / Bjeshkët e Nemuna Mountains
The proposed “Prokletije / Bjeshkët e Nemuna Mountains” transboundary protected area expected to involve Albania, Kosovo - UN administered territory under UN Security Council resolution 1244/99, Montenegro and Serbia is one of the three “priority areas in focus” of the ENVSEC-SEE project, identified during the 1st sub-regional meeting organised by UNEP in June 2006 in Podgorica. The Prokletije...
Feasibility Study on Establishing a Transboundary Protected Area Durmitor – Tara Canyon – Sutjeska
The proposed “Durmitor – Tara Canyon – Sutjeska” transboundary protected area is one of the three “priority areas in focus” of the ENVSEC-SEE project, identifi ed during the fi rst sub-regional meeting organised by UNEP in June 2006 in Podgorica. The Durmitor – Tara Canyon – Sutjeska region located at the state border between Bosnia and Herzegovina / Republic of Srpska and Montenegro encompasses...
VISACA: Vision and Strategies in The Carpathian Area
VASICA (Vision and Strategies in the Carpathian Area) is a trans-national spatial development document and a key result of the EU CADSES Carpathian Project. Similar synthetic documents have been prepared for several large cooperation areas in Europe in the last decade. The fi rst and best known of these documents was the “Visions and Strategies around the Baltic Sea, (VASAB)”, prepared in 1994,...
Towards the network of mountain protected areas in the Balkans and the Dinaric Arc

The programme of work on mountain biological diversity under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) recommends establishing regional and transboundary collaboration, and cooperative agreements for mountain ranges1, as well as establishing and strengthening adequate, effective national and regional networks of mountain protected areas.

Neighbouring States, which often...

Placing climate change within disaster risk reduction

In late 2007, climate change receive extensive international prominence with the Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change (IPCP) and former US Vice President Al Gore being aware the Nobel Prize for their climate change work. This award focusing exclusively only on climate change, obscured the tireless research and practice of many other dedicated to linking climate change, other climate topics...

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