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Obstacles and facilitations for the movement of fishes
by zopemaster — published May 05, 2010 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under: ,
An inventory of all the artificial barriers that impede the flow of rivers has found out that French rivers are interrupted by 60,000 dams, weirs, locks, mills etc. The inventory has been recently published as a online map where the works are shown divided by department, municipality or watercourse. All these works obstruct the movement of migratory aquatic organisms and the transport of sediments, thereby affecting ecosystems.
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New platform for tourism by electrobike
by zopemaster — published May 05, 2010 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under:
In mid-April, the ExtraEnergy association started the web site "Tourism and Electric Bikes". An interactive map provides information about various tour packages for electrobikers. The web site additionally provides useful information for holiday planning.
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Kick-off for a new alpine media house
by zopemaster — published May 05, 2010 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under:
The "Las-Alps Infoteca" project was launched at the end of April in Chur/CH. In the coming five years, a competence centre will be established for media products that are relevant to the Alps. The project will be realized in two phases: in the first phase the focus will be on the provision of media products, in the second the centre will also produce and market its own products.
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New web page with information on visitor centres throughout the Alps
by zopemaster — published May 05, 2010 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under:
A new page has recently been added to the web site of alparc - the network of protected areas in the Alps - for those who want an overview of the many visitor centres in the Alps.
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Linking-up the German roads for animals and for a better traffic safety
by zopemaster — published Apr 13, 2010 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:26 AM — filed under: , ,
The German Government is developing a National Connectivity Programme which foresees to build wild animal crossings at the most important sites of migrating corridors. This year the first systematic research on ecological corridors in Germany has been finished, representing an important scientific groundwork for the implementation of the Programme.
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Towards happy shrinking
by zopemaster — published Apr 13, 2010 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under: ,
Always more - the world will become better and better as long as material well-being grows. Nobody asks what this costs…until the system collapses. The present financial and economic crisis is giving us a taste of it. The Alps are now among the losers, but could be among the winners if they rise to the challenge. Must growth in principle be rejected?
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Fire for the flowering meadows
by zopemaster — published Apr 13, 2010 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under: ,
In 2010, the "Fire in the Alps" campaign once more draws our attention to a burning issue with its signal fires during the second week of August. This year, the imposing fires on the heights will burn "for the protection of the alpine flowers", as a contribution to the Year of Biodiversity 2010.
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Uphill with solar energy
by zopemaster — published Apr 13, 2010 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under: , , ,
The village of Tenna in the Safien valley of the Swiss canton Graubünden is working hard on a world premiere. The Skilift Tenna cooperative has decided to replace an ancient ski lift by the first solar-powered ski lift ever.
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Maps and data on ECONNECT available online
by zopemaster — published Mar 26, 2010 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under: ,
The "GeoPortal" which is the central project repository for all spatial data and map products of ECONNECT is now online on http://gis.eurac.edu. Furthermore, the working group "Implementation strategy and data needs" has met to discuss the data situation at the current stage of the project.
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Sharing connectivity knowledge within and beyond the Alps and visualising corridors and fragmentation
by zopemaster — published Mar 26, 2010 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under: ,
100 persons from eight European countries followed the invitation to the workshop in Grenoble, France, in November and used this opportunity for active knowledge transfer on ecological networks. The workshop discussions have helped the ECONNECT partners to agree on the appropriate methods which they are now using for modelling habitats and corridors for the whole Alps and for visualizing barriers.
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