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2005 Swiss Mountain Water Award launched
by zopemaster — published Dec 16, 2004 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM
The Governmental Conference of Alpine Cantons (GCAC) has launched the Swiss Mountain Water Award, which is endowed with a total of CHF 50,000. The objective of the competition is to initiate and promote practical water projects capable of making a substantial contribution to increased net output in the mountain areas of Switzerland in commercial, ecological, social and/or institutional terms.
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CIPRA conference on cities in the Alpine space
by zopemaster — published Dec 16, 2004 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM
CIPRA's annual conference will be held in Brig/CH on 22 - 24 September. The subject of the 2005 conference is Alpine cities and their role as sustainability actors, with a focus on the following main aspects: - design, management and optimization of relations between Alpine cities and the surrounding areas; - networking, alliances and enhanced co-operation and synergies among Alpine cities to achieve effective positioning in the face of competition from other European locations.
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Increased heavy goods traffic on the Brenner route
by zopemaster — published Dec 16, 2004 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM — filed under: ,
In 2004 more than fifty percent fewer trucks were carried by the RoLa piggyback services on the Brenner railway than in the previous year. Whereas 140,000 HGVs used the rail link in 2003, the figure for 2004 was a mere 60,000. In contrast, truck traffic on the Brenner motorway increased by a monthly average of twenty percent (in the period January to October).
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Satellite handsets for Scotland's first mountain museum
by zopemaster — published Dec 16, 2004 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM — filed under: , ,
If two Scottish visitor centres have their way, tourists in the Highlands will soon be walking about with hand-held computers. That will help turn Schiehallion Mountain into a dedicated mountain museum, and Helmsdale will become a centre for Scottish gold-panning tours. The postcard-sized computers employ a technology that is similar to the GPS system to be found in modern cars, and they are programmed like traditional museum audio guides.
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53rd "Città di Trento" Mountain Film Festival
by zopemaster — published Dec 16, 2004 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM — filed under: ,
The 53rd "Città di Trento" Mountain Film Festival is being held from 30 April to 8 May 2005. The festival is devoted to mountain, research and adventure films, with "Arctic & Antarctic - North Pole & South Pole" as the theme selected for 2005.
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Artificial high water affects ecology of running water
by zopemaster — published Dec 02, 2004 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
A new WWF study shows that the artificial high-water (surges) and low-water (sinks) caused daily by hydraulic power plants are having disastrous repercussions on the ecosystem of running water.
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From vegetable plots to supermarkets: land consumption in France
by zopemaster — published Dec 02, 2004 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The French association for regional planning and rural development has recently published a white paper on the subject of land consumption as a result of urbanisation, entitled "The End of the Landscape?". More and more arable land is being built up with residential buildings and industrial parks, and land consumption is progressing at an alarming pace.
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Mount Everest put forward for UNESCO World Heritage in Danger List
by zopemaster — published Dec 02, 2004 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
The Mount Everest region is at risk from global warming and should therefore be included on the UNESCO's World Heritage in Danger List. Mountaineers and representatives of the environmental group Friends of the Earth submitted a petition to the UNESCO Committee at the end of November.
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Deregulation of public services accentuates regional polarisation in Switzerland's alpine regions
by zopemaster — published Dec 02, 2004 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM — filed under: ,
A new study by the Swiss National Research Programme NFP 48 entitled Landscapes and Habitats of the Alps has shown that the deregulation of public services has accentuated inequalities between centres and peripheries in alpine regions.
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Mountains in the Mediterranean Region Project presented at the IUCN Congress
by zopemaster — published Dec 02, 2004 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Italy's Environment Minister presented the Mountains in the Mediterranean Region Project at the IUCN Congress held in Bangkok from 17 to 25 November.
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