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Adventuring in the Alps

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...

Transport in climate change

This CIPRA compact presents an overview of transport-related measures in the Alps to ameliorate climate change and promote adaptations to climate change. The second chapter explains CIPRA's key concerns: Without any change to our mobility behaviour, we will not attain the climate goals! On the one hand, automobile transport must become more expensive, and on the other, transport types benign...

Marketing sustainable tourism products

The United Nations Environment Programme and the Region of Tuscany have joined forces to better understand the barriers that prevent demand and supply for sustainable tourism services from meeting, the main challenges for the promotion and distribution of services that claim to be 'sustainable', and the role that 'tourism distribution channels' could play in...

Diurnal water relations of beech (Fagus Sylvatica L.) trees in the mountains of Italy
Trees live in oscillating environments. Daytime light and warm periods alternate with night darkness and cooler temperatures. The adaptation of a tree is explained by its accommodation to such diurnal cycles. These diurnal pulses were monitored and simulated on computer. Summer measurements in Abetone (1230 m above sea level) included continuous registration of air temperature, relative humidity...
Mountain food products in Europe: Existing legislation and examples of relevant brands for their promotion

In addition to surveying food production from mountain areas, Euromontana’s 2002-2004 project takes stock of legislation, public schemes and private initiatives directly or indirectly addressing mountain farming and its food production. While the survey covered the eight countries involved in the project (France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Romania, Poland, Norway and the UK) — and the...

Protective forests and silvicultural stability: An example of planning in the Aosta Valley
Protection is of vital importance to human populations and activities in the European Alps. In the short to medium term, failure to manage alpine protective forests leads to intolerable risks for people who live and make a living in alpine valleys. The most important features of a protective forest are its stability properties, that is, its ability to carry out its protective function reliably...
Mountain research across boundaries: A portrait of the international scientific committee on research in the Alps (ISCAR)
The (European) Alpine Convention is a commitment with the status of international law, signed in 1991 by all Alpine states. The parties—Austria, France, Germany, Italy, the principalities of Liechtenstein and Monaco, Slovenia, and Switzerland, and the European Union—have agreed to cooperate with regard to sustainable development in the Alps. The domains and modalities of cooperation...
The Majella Massif in Abruzzo, Italy: “The Mother of Mountains”

During the latter half of the 20th century, many mountainous areas throughout the Mediterranean experienced widespread economic and social marginalisation. The Majella Massif, perceived for centuries by local inhabitants as a sacred mountain, has since the advent of the Second World War witnessed a steady decline in the population of its surrounding villages and...

Catholic alpinism and social discipline in 19th- and 20th-century Italy
The symbolic appropriation of mountains may be a universal phenomenon, yet it can also be highly specific to one religion or confession, located in one region and historical context. An interesting case in point is “Catholic Alpinism” in the Italian Alps. This popular movement began around the mid-19th century, when some curates, based in upland communities, some educators and...
Valuing Mediterranean forests: Towards total economic value

This book is an attempt at quantifying 'Total Economic Value' (TEV) of Mediterranean forests across 18 countries. TEV represents the ways in which a natural resource, such as a forest, is valuable to people. Mediterranean forests have always been managed for multiple users, not just timber harvesting. The many benefits from forests include timber, non-timber products such as...

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