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Alpweek 2008 - Innovating [in] the Alps
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zopemaster
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published
Nov 22, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
sustainable development,
Alpine Convention,
international treaties
The second edition of the Alpweek is being held in the Pays des Ecrins/F from 11 to 14 June 2008, with players from throughout the Alpine region discussing issues of sustainable development. After the positive experiences of the 2004 Alpweek in Kranjska Gora/SI the major Alpine networks ISCAR, CIPRA, Alliance in the Alps, ALPARC and Club Arc Alpin decided to repeat the event in 2008.
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EU warming to the idea of an Alpine transit exchange
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by
zopemaster
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published
Nov 22, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
transalpine goods transport,
transalpine transport,
traffic transfer,
transport policy, transport planning
For some time now Switzerland's Bundesrat [Federal Council] has been wanting to push ahead with relocating freight-related transit traffic from the road to the rail by creating an Alpine transit exchange. Transit quotas for freight on the road could then be auctioned from the exchange.
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Green Paper on urban mobility
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zopemaster
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published
Nov 08, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
human powered mobility,
traffic impacts
The European Commission's new Green Paper entitled "Towards a new culture for urban mobility" looks at the mobility and ecology of European towns and cities. In Europe a good 60% of the population lives in urban areas. Just under 85% of the EU's gross domestic product is generated in those areas.
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New issue of the Journal of Alpine Research
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by
zopemaster
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published
Nov 08, 2007
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last modified
Jun 01, 2023 11:23 AM
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filed under:
landscape monitoring,
landscape,
natural parks,
protected areas / sanctuaries,
settlement landscape,
landscape
The latest publication in the series Journal of Alpine Research features four specialist articles addressing different issues. However they all focus on the landscape and the way in which it is changing.
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Strengthening mountain forests
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by
zopemaster
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published
Nov 07, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
forest policy and forest economics,
forest protection and dendrology
The Interreg IIIC project Network Mountain Forest (NMF), which was launched in 2003, has come to a close with the signing in Lindau/D on 29 October 2007 of a Memorandum aimed at strengthening mountain forests in Europe.
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European Commission adopts measures to promote freight traffic
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zopemaster
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published
Oct 25, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
alpine regional traffic,
sustainable development
On 18 October the European Commission adopted a series of measures aimed at boosting the efficiency, integration and sustainability of freight transport within the Union.
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Werfenweg has Austria's longest solar-powered street
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zopemaster
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published
Oct 25, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
solar energy,
renewable energy
The Municipality of Werfenweng in Salzburg is saving €38,000 by using solar lighting. 17 recently installed solar streetlights have proved to be the cheapest way of lighting a path some 700 m long on the town's outskirts. This makes it currently Austria's longest solar-powered street.
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Interreg III B projects MONITRAF and ALPNAP
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zopemaster
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published
Oct 25, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
transalpine transport,
transport policy, transport planning
Transport across the Alps is at the centre of the Final Conference of the Interreg III B projects MONITRAF and ALPNAP, which have been running since 2005. The Conference is entitled "Transport across the Alps. Approaches and common measures for sustainable transport development in the Alpine region".
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Call for a more strategic approach to mountain area development
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zopemaster
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published
Oct 25, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
sustainable development,
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy
At a meeting of the Adelboden Group held in Rome on 3 October over 60 representatives from governments, civil society and international organisations from mountain countries across the globe called for a more coherent approach to sustainable development in mountain areas.
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New UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in mountain areas
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zopemaster
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published
Oct 11, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
biosphere reserves,
protected areas / sanctuaries,
players / networks
A total of 23 selected regions and protected areas from 18 countries are to join the global network of biosphere reserves. The decision was taken in Paris at the conference of the International Co-ordinating Council of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB).
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