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Abundance and distribution of Balkan Lynx (Lynx l. martionoi Miri 1978) in the Radika river valley, Macedonia
The status and abundance of the Balkan lynx in the river Radika Valley, by the method of direct inquiring on the field has been studied in 1997. With this very positive data we determined the current status of the Balkan lynx and its abundance which is between 0,55 ind/10 km 2 up to 1,94 lynx/10 km 2 or average for the whole studied area of 1,2 ind/10 km 2. This amount is 35 % greater than the...
Cs-137 gamma peak detection in snow layers on Calderone Glacier
The Calderone Glacier, located in the Gran Sasso d'Italia mountain group (Abruzzo, Italy), is the most southern glacier in Europe. The reduced dimension and the general conditions of the glacier make it a powerful environmental indicator in evaluating global change processes including the radio-chemical pollution induced by human activity. Two high altitude samples of snow, collected during...
The Cairngorms: The UK's first sub-arctic Environmental Change Network site

During the 1980s, a series of major changes to the Earth's environment, including increases in C02 levels and the hole in the ozone layer, were detected only because of the existence of long-term monitoring. The recognition of a lack of quantitative long-term information on the state of the environment came to the fore, and the need for national and international programmes to monitor...

The strong reduction phase of the Calderone Glacier during the last two centuries: Reconstruction of the variation and of the possible scenarios with GIS technologies
The paper presents the state of the art of the works in progress; in particular Prof. L. D'Alessandro co-ordinates geomorphologic topics, Dr. Massimo Pecci field activities and data elaboration in GIS environment and Prof. C. Smiraglia glaciological themes. The Calderone glacier is now confined into a deep central mountain valley of the Gran Sasso d'Italia, with steep walls, and does not show...
The historical and iconographic research in the reconstruction of the variation of the Calderone Glacier: State of the art and perspective
The Calderone Glacier is characterised by a reduction phase since the end of the "Little Ice Age" (LIA) Auct., particularly strong during the last decade. In fact during the nineties a set of multidisciplinary researches started to evaluate the role of the Glacier like an indicator of the effects of human activities and finally of regional and global climatic change. The apparatus is now confined...
A report of the third European Mountain Convention

The European Mountain Conventions are an initiative of the European association Euromontana, comprising of agricultural organisations, communities, research institutes, development and environmental agencies and mountain associations with a strong interest in rural and sustainable development of mountainous areas. This network of organisations covers about 15 countries in all the European...

MAB in the mountains of Europe and the former Soviet Union

This Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) Digest provides an overview of scientific activities undertaken within MAB Project 6, whose focus is on mountain areas. It considers MAB activities in the mountains of nine European countries -- Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, and Switzerland -- and the former USSR. It is in these countries that the...

Movement of mountain vegetation zones under predicted climatic change

Scotland has over 90 percent of the UK's montane (alpine) habitat. These areas contain important populations of relic arctic, alpine and endemic plants, which also support important bird populations, all of which are of high conservation value. Within these areas, natural zonation of vegetation can be seen at different altitudes. This zonation is largely due the effects of temperature and...

Mount Arailer on the Yegvard lava plateau in central Armenia

Arailer (2577m above sea level) is one of the largest extinct volcanoes in Armenia. It has rather steep slopes indented with many deep gorges and gullies. A 2km diameter crater has remained at the top of the volcano. The crater opens to the south-west by a deep gorge. The mountain is situated in the area of arid climate with wide yearly and daily fluctuations of temperature and humidity....

A holistic approach to mountain development research: Experiences from the Federal Institute for Less-Favoured and Mountainous Areas, Austria

Within the ISDEMA project, a re-assessment of the basic requirements for sustainable development in mountain regions has been discussed. The case studies from a series of different mountain ranges in Europe underpin the need to relate the various sectoral topics, such as agriculture, forestry, tourism, transport, water and energy use to innovative strategies for...

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