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Cashmere goats for the Aosta Valley
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Sep 25, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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filed under:
old breeds of useful animals,
livestock farming,
livestock farming in a near-natural environment,
livestock farming
Italy's Aosta Valley is to introduce cashmere goats in a bid to start a breeding project. The regional office for agriculture states that the goats can be kept outdoors all year round and are happy to graze even on difficult terrain.
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The Andes and the Alps on a single rope team
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zopemaster
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Sep 25, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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education, training, work,
society, culture,
summer sports,
sport
This year mountain guides from Peru are carrying out part of their training in the Alps at the invitation of their Swiss counterparts. Already back in the early 1980s, the Swiss Mountain Guide Association initiated a professional mountain guide training course in Peru.
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Mountain Research Initiative launches new Newsletter
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zopemaster
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Sep 25, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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information systems,
research, science
The first issue of MRI NEWS has just been published. The Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) newsletter will be sent out by e-mail in English twice a year and is entirely given over to research on Global Change in mountain areas.
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Solar thermal power plant in the French Hautes-Alpes
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zopemaster
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Oct 09, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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solar energy,
renewable energy,
energy policy
The energy companies Dalkia and Solar Euromed have joined forces and plan to build the first solar thermal power plant in France. The plant is to be built in Chevalet d'Aspres sur Buech and will generate some 60,000 megawatt-hours of electricity.
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Latest issue of the Journal of Alpine Research
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zopemaster
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Oct 23, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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water consumption, water supply,
nature conservation/support,
nature
The latest publication in the bilingual series Journal of Alpine Research comprises four specialist articles on different topical issues. The first feature deals with the rivalry for public commodities, illustrated with the specific example of an irrigation system in northern Italy.
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Protected areas in the EU lacking in quality
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zopemaster
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Oct 23, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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protected areas / sanctuaries,
nature conservation/support,
nature
According to a report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) more than half of the protected species and habitats in the EU are under pressure. Worldwide, just under 17,000 species are on the Red List, i.e. threatened by extinction.
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Early warning system for water scarcity in the Alps
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zopemaster
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Oct 23, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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water consumption, water supply,
INTERREG,
development/support measures,
players / networks
The kick-off for the cross-border project "ALP-WATER-SCARCE: Water Management Strategies against Water Scarcity in the Alps" took place in Annecy/F in mid-October as part of the INTERREG Alpine Space Programme.
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Rhône Glacier to melt away by 2100
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zopemaster
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Nov 06, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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filed under:
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
glaciers,
geomorphology,
research, science
Scientists at the Écoles Polytechniques Fédérales de Lausanne/CH and Zurich/CH have used complex computer simulations to predict that the Rhône Glacier in the Canton of Valais/CH will have disappeared by 2100.
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New hypothesis on deep erosion in high mountain regions
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zopemaster
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Nov 06, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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erosion,
soil immissions and hazards,
glaciers,
geomorphology,
climate change, climate policy
Researchers in the south-east of the Tibetan plateau have found that the moraine dams created during glacier fluctuations have over the millennia helped to slow down the erosion effect of large rivers known as downcutting.
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ECONNECT: Nature without limits
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zopemaster
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Nov 06, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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filed under:
protected areas / sanctuaries,
nature conservation/support,
nature,
climate change, climate policy
The kick-off for the EU project "ECONNECT - Restoring the web of life" took place in Vienna/A on 4 and 5 November. Over the next three years sixteen partners and four observers from all the Alpine States will be working to implement an ecological network across state borders and the confines of protected areas.
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