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Knowledge transfer - new pillar of regional development?
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Jul 31, 2008
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regional development,
research, science
The latest issue of the bilingual (fr/en) Revue de Géographie Alpine (RGA) deals with the subject of knowledge management and knowledge transfer in the regional context.
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Biodiversity and climate change as subjects for transnational co-operation
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zopemaster
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Jul 31, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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filed under:
INTERREG,
development/support measures,
biodiversity,
climate change, climate policy
The Alpine Space Programme established in the framework of the INTERREG IVB European Community Initiative Programme is being used to fund a dozen new projects.
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Obligatory rentals for planned Swiss resort
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zopemaster
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Aug 14, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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land settlement,
leisure and recreation,
regional planning, regional development, land use,
depopulation,
demographics
The Egyptian entrepreneur Samih Sawiris does not want the resort he is planning in Andermatt/CH to become a ghost town. His solution: anyone who purchases a house or apartment as a second home must sign a contract agreeing to rent the property whenever they are not in residence.
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Rail tunnel ground water to heat a tropical greenhouse
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zopemaster
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Aug 14, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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renewable energy,
fruit, orchard and wine growing,
water consumption, water supply
In the future, the ground water that drains from the Lötschberg Base Tunnel at a temperature of 20°C will be piped into a tropical greenhouse which is to be built at the northern portal in Frutigen/CH to produce fish and tropical fruit, and also to heat the administration building.
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Interactive Internet portal for sustainability in South Tyrol
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zopemaster
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Aug 14, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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information systems,
sustainable development
In a research project lasting several years, a sustainability monitor has been developed for South Tyrol, Italy and is now on-line.
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Water resources under threat in the Himalayas
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zopemaster
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Aug 28, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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filed under:
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
glaciers,
geomorphology,
households,
water consumption, water supply
Climate change is threatening the water reserves of East Asia. An estimated 50 percent of the water from the Himalayas comes from glaciers, permafrost zones and the snowmelt.
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Glittering mountain hut in the Monte Rosa massif
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zopemaster
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Aug 28, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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tourism,
ecological building,
construction
Construction work began last week on the new Monte Rosa Hut at the foot of the Dufourspitze above Zermatt/CH. The hut, which resembles a glittering rock crystal, is being built by the Swiss Alpine Club in the framework of the 150th anniversary of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
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New publication on developments in environmental law
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zopemaster
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Sep 11, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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filed under:
law,
Alpine Convention,
international treaties
This book is the first to tell the full story in chronological order of the Environmental Law Programme of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN ELP).
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2008 King Albert Mountain Award
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zopemaster
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Sep 11, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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filed under:
players / networks,
development/support measures
The King Albert I Memorial Foundation held its annual award ceremony in Pontresina/CH on 6 September.
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EU measures on climate change
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zopemaster
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Sep 11, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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filed under:
climate change, climate policy,
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
environmental education
When the time comes for the new European Commission to take office in 2009, it is possible that the EU will appoint a Commissioner for Climate Change, according to the environmental news service ENDS Europe Daily.
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