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Turin/I: Olympic sports facilities left to waste away
by zopemaster — published Jan 12, 2010 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under: ,
Since the close of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin many of the sports facilities and installations have been left abandoned. The five ski jumps in Pragelato, for example, for which the building costs exceeded 34 million Euros, are now closed off and unused.
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Low-carbon travel from the UK to the ski slopes
by zopemaster — published Jan 12, 2010 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under: ,
Taking the train from London to go skiing in Sestriere/I sounds like a nightmare scenario. But, as a new specialist website proves, it's not. For a number of weeks now, avid skiers can go to www.snowcarbon.co.uk/ (en) to find the most convenient train journeys to take them from London/UK to the Alps or the Pyrenees to go skiing.
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Global warming increases frequency and extent of flood catastrophes in the Alps
by zopemaster — published Feb 03, 2010 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under: , , ,
In an article published in the magazine Geophysical Research Letters researchers at Italy's Politecnico University in Turin recently confirmed that more frequent and more extensive floods in mountain areas were one of the consequences of global warming.
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Publication: mountains and climate change
by zopemaster — published Feb 03, 2010 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under: ,
The English-language Mountains and Climate Change was published recently and focused on mountains around the world and the effects of climate change. It documents the latest findings on climate change in the mountains of the world and its impact on water, glaciers, natural hazards, biodiversity, food security and migration.
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Keeping water-related projects flowing - Awards for a precious resource
by zopemaster — published Feb 03, 2010 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under:
Two awards are now up for grabs for projects in the water sector. The International ReSource Award for Sustainable Watershed Management aims to promote innovative projects with regional measures aimed at protecting water as a resource. The Award is open to projects that have a pioneering character in the local context (cultural, institutional or technological).
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How do people perceive food products from European mountain regions?
by zopemaster — published Feb 03, 2010 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under:
The EuroMarc project looked at this very question from February 2007 to January 2010 and it has now published its findings. Ten teams carried out surveys among consumers, retailers and local initiatives in six European countries (France, Norway, Austria, Romania, Scotland and Slovenia).
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Harnessing expertise for ecological networks in the Alps
by zopemaster — published Feb 03, 2010 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under: ,
The Ecological Continuum Initiative has brought international experts together as part of a think tank whose long-term objective is to setup up an alpine-wide ecological network. The think tank provides the experts from the fields of science and practice with a framework for developing new projects to complement and follow up on existing activities such as the ECONNECT project.
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The Ecological Continuum Initiative in the International Year of Biodiversity
by zopemaster — published Feb 08, 2010 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:26 AM — filed under: , ,
The International Year of Biodiversity, declared by the United Nations, represents even more encouragement for the Ecological Continuum Initiative to further develop its activities in preventing biodiversity loss in the Alps.
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Think tank: Bundling the Alps-wide expertise on ecological networks
by zopemaster — published Feb 08, 2010 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:26 AM — filed under: , ,
As the Continuum Initiative decided to focus on further connectivity activities with long-term issues, the Continuum partners are now aiming at the preparation of follow-up projects beyond ECONNECT to ensure that the fundaments built up during this project can be used for further concerted implementation projects.
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Updated brochure and new eye-catcher posters on ecological networks in the Alps
by zopemaster — published Feb 08, 2010 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:26 AM — filed under: , ,
Just in time for the International Year of Biodiversity, the Ecological Continuum Initiative has printed an updated version of the brochure on Ecological Networks in the Alps. With a new design, the brochure "Restoring the web of life - Ecological networks for more biodiversity in the Alps" illustrates the ecological connectivity topic and makes it understandable to a wide public.
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