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ReSource Award - On the lookout for sustainable water management projects
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Jul 15, 2004
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This year once again Swiss Re, a leading re-insurance company, is rewarding innovative water management projects.
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New web site for Mountain Partnership
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Jul 15, 2004
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players / networks
The Mountain Partnership organisation went online at the beginning of July. The www.mountainpartnership.org internet site provides a wealth of information on mountains in English, French and Spanish, with a new Newsletter entitled "Peak to Peak" and facts and figures on the international day of the mountains.
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CIPRA on film
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Jul 15, 2004
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players / networks,
cinema,
society, culture,
sustainable development
To mark its 50th anniversary CIPRA, the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps, produced a film about the Alps and of course the Commission's own activities.
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Mountain regions and the elderly and disabled
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Jul 01, 2004
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tourism,
services,
INTERREG,
development/support measures
Services for the elderly and the accessibility of accommodation by the disabled are the two key issues of a seminar at Feltre in Italy on July 2. The seminar is being held as part of the Interreg IIIA Programme Montagna Accessibile (Mountains Within Reach) of the Belluno Province and the Federal Province of Tyrol/A.
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Switzerland: internet timetable for mountain enthusiasts
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Jul 01, 2004
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tourism
The Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) has posted a new German and French internet page at www.alpenonline.ch , to help mountaineers plan their tours.
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Restriction on new holiday homes
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Jul 01, 2004
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land settlement,
tourism
In future all new properties built in Zermatt/CH must have a principal residence share of 30%. This measure is designed to prevent Zermatt becoming a ghost town during the off-season.
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Flora Alpina - An atlas of all 4,500 plants in the Alps
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Jun 17, 2004
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Jul 07, 2021 01:03 AM
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biology,
ecology,
research, science
How many vascular plants make up the flora of the Alps? What do they look like? What is their correct designation? What species are annual, perennial or xyloid? When do they flower? Where can they be found? What ecology characterises the individual species? The answers to these and other questions can all be found in Flora alpina, a new publication in three volumes that covers all the flowering plants and ferns of the entire alpine region, from Vienna to Nice, from valley floor to eternal snow.
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Ford Environment Award 2004: Special Award for Climate Protection
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Jun 17, 2004
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environment
The Ford Environment Award of the Austrian Umbrella Organisation for the Environment and the Ford Motor Company Austria rewards with a total of €16,000.00 the three best initiatives for the protection of the country's natural and cultural heritage.
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Fires aglow for alpine protected areas
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Jun 03, 2004
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natural parks,
protected areas / sanctuaries,
landscape protection areas,
protected areas / sanctuaries,
resistance to transit traffic,
transalpine transport
The "Fire across the Alps" event aims to send a glowing message on behalf of alpine policy in 2004, too. The emphasis this year is on alpine protected areas. Other "pot burners" include transit traffic and local issues. The fires also symbolise the solidarity between alpine countries and regions.
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Preserving traditional crops and livestock breeds
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Jun 03, 2004
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biodiversity,
biology,
ecology
An agreement on plant genetic resources is to come into force in nine EU member states on 29 June, with only Germany featuring among alpine countries. The agreement is designed to secure the use of gene pools and free access to seed stocks and propagating materials for key agricultural crops.
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