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From road to rail - getting it to work
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zopemaster
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Jul 29, 2011
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:16 AM
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traffic transfer,
transport policy, transport planning
Crossing Exchange, emissions trading or a differentiated toll system for the Alps: these transport policy instruments could ensure that in future there are fewer HGVs trucking through the Alps - providing the instruments apply to the Alpine region as a whole.
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Climate plan for South Tyrol
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zopemaster
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Jul 29, 2011
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:16 AM
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filed under:
climate change, climate policy
The Province of Bolzano wants to become more energy efficient by 2050. Every inhabitant of the Province currently produces around five tonnes of carbon dioxide. The aim is to cut that figure to a mere 1.5 tonnes over the next forty years.
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The Alpine Region as a macro-region?
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zopemaster
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Jul 29, 2011
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:16 AM
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regional policy, regional development programmes,
regional development,
development/support measures
The EU already has a macro-region strategy for the Danube Region and the Baltic Sea. So why not also for the Alpine Region? At the beginning of July, the Arge Alp Working Group advocated a resolution calling for a "macro-region for the Alps".
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Eight new nature parks in Switzerland
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zopemaster
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Sep 28, 2011
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:16 AM
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natural parks,
protected areas / sanctuaries
The first national park in the Alps was established in the Engadine in 1914. Since then there have been very few efforts in Switzerland to create other protected areas.
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Green electricity for Liechtenstein
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zopemaster
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Sep 28, 2011
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:16 AM
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renewable energy
As of next year the electricity flowing out of Liechtenstein's power sockets will be sourced exclusively from renewable energies, but only in private households that do not insist on the previous mix of nuclear energy and fossil fuels.
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Annecy is the Alpine Town of the Year 2012
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zopemaster
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Sep 28, 2011
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:16 AM
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filed under:
players / networks,
sustainable development
For years now the French town of Annecy has been pursuing a policy of sustainability. As a reward for its efforts the principal town of the Haute-Savoie département and its 53,000 inhabitants have been nominated as the Alpine Town of the Year 2012.
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Soča valley soon under water?
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zopemaster
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Sep 28, 2011
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:16 AM
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hydropower,
renewable energy,
threats to nature and landscape,
nature,
protected areas / sanctuaries
The proposal was made by Slovenia's Ministry of Economic Affairs just before the summer break. Five hydroelectric power plants are to be built on the Soča river and its tributaries, the Ucja and Idrijca.
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The Alps are renewed in Poschiavo
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zopemaster
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published
Sep 28, 2011
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:16 AM
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sustainable development,
society, culture,
Youth,
AlpWeek,
climate change, climate policy,
education, training, work
On what sort of resources are the Alps building their future? Can climate change be an opportunity? What ought to be done to ensure that young people have prospects? The Alpine Week being held in the Swiss valley of Val Poschiavo from 5 to 8 September 2012 aims to discuss just how renewable the Alps actually are.
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From ecological islands to connected landscapes
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zopemaster
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Nov 16, 2011
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last modified
Apr 24, 2024 03:25 PM
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filed under:
nature conservation/support,
nature
Many animals live in particular outside of protected areas; most persons are not aware of the importance of ecological networks; a functioning economy needs biodiversity. These are the most important findings of ECONNECT. The Alpine-wide project came to its end in November 2011 after a bit more than three years of work.
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NGOs send joint message on the EU biodiversity strategy
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zopemaster
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Nov 30, 2011
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:26 AM
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filed under:
nature conservation/support,
nature
A group of 22 nature conservation NGOs, joined in The European Habitat Forum EHF, have expressed their beliefs that increased political effort is required at EU and Member State level to meet the new EU biodiversity target of halting the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the EU by 2020.
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