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UN Conference on Tourism and Climate Change
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Oct 11, 2007
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filed under:
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
tourism
A three-day United Nations conference was held in Davos/CH in early October on the subject of tourism and climate change. In a joint statement the participants urged action by the tourism sector to face climate change and reduce emissions.
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Negative CO2 balance in the Alpine region
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zopemaster
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Sep 28, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
renewable energy
The Alps have the potential to become a model region for climate protection. And yet today, on a global comparison, every inhabitant of the Alps is contributing disproportionately to the greenhouse gas emissions affecting the climate.
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Luc Hoffmann honoured for his life's work as a conservationist
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Sep 28, 2007
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Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
nature conservation/support,
nature,
environmental protection,
environment
The 2007 Environmental Award of the European Nature Heritage Fund goes to Switzerland's Luc Hoffmann in recognition of his life's work as a prominent nature conservationist and nature heritage patron.
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Status report on the lynx in the Alps
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Sep 28, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
biodiversity monitoring,
biodiversity,
nature monitoring,
nature,
nature conservation/support,
nature
The Alpine countries have updated their information on the status and distribution of lynx populations on their respective territories for the period 2000 to 2004. The findings are summarised in a new report as part of SCALP (Status and Conservation of the Alpine Lynx Population).
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Proceedings of the "Ecological Network" platform and ForumAlpinum 07
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zopemaster
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Sep 28, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
media,
society, culture,
environmental protection,
environment
Germany's Federal Agency for Nature Conservation is presenting a brochure on the inaugural meeting of the Ecological Network Platform under the Alpine Convention. The meeting was held in Munich/D on 29 March 2007 under the heading "Establishing an Alpine Ecological Network".
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Eco-building zone promotes demographic growth
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zopemaster
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Sep 13, 2007
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Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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village renewal,
land settlement,
ecological building,
construction,
urbanisation,
demographics
The tiny Grisons community of Flerden/CH has succeeded in attracting new residents to its mountain village - and done so ecologically. In 2003 the community created an 8,500 m² energy-saving housing area for new builds erected according to ecological principles.
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Europe's highest toilets
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Sep 13, 2007
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Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
This summer two public toilets were installed at an altitude of 4 260 m on the French side of the Mont Blanc. Every year some 30,000 climbers head up the Alps's highest mountain.
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BergBuchBrig
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zopemaster
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Aug 30, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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literature,
society, culture
Montagnalibri, the international mountain-book fair, is to be held for the second time in Brig in the Valais/CH from 25 to 28 October 2007. BergBuchBrig presents over 1,000 new books from 30 countries in a variety of languages. All the specialist books, literary works, picture books, guides, etc., relate to the world of the mountains.
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Tackling climate change with bare facts
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zopemaster
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Aug 30, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
climate change, climate policy,
society, culture
Switzerland's Aletsch Glacier was recently the scene of an unusual protest action. Around 600 people gathered on the Alps's largest glacier to draw attention to the impact of climate change - by stripping off completely. The participants, who had travelled from all over Europe, were positioned on the Glacier in a variety of ways by photographers and five camera crews, and photographed from all sorts of angles.
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Re-ordering back issues of "Mountain Research and Development"
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zopemaster
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Aug 30, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
research, science,
sustainable development
All the back issues from 2000 to 2006 of "Mountain Research and Development" (MRD), the leading journal devoted to the world's mountains, can now be re-ordered simply and inexpensively.
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