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Olympic Games: no benefit to the national economy
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by
zopemaster
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published
Dec 01, 2010
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:16 AM
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filed under:
sporting events,
sport,
Olympics
Switzerland is once again discussing its candidacy for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Environmental organisations are warning against the ecological and economic repercussions. Even Marco Blatter, former CEO of Swiss Olympic, has been quoted on Swiss radio, saying that he was glad the 2006 Games were not held in the Valais. He added that in Turin/I the Games had grown out of all proportion. "With all the infrastructure investments Turin cost around CHF 4.5 bn; Vancouver is costing around CHF 6 bn; and Sochi 2014 is officially budgeting for CHF 13 bn," reports Switzerland's SonntagsZeitung.
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Olympic infrastructures - A bottomless pit?
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by
zopemaster
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published
Dec 14, 2006
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:20 AM
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filed under:
construction,
marketing,
sporting events,
sport
The infrastructure facilities built for the Olympic Winter Games in Turin in February 2006 have proved an expensive legacy.
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Olympics-free Alps!
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by
zopemaster
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published
Feb 26, 2014
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:10 AM
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filed under:
sporting events,
sport
Open letter to Thomas Bach, IOC President Schaan/LI, 25 February 2014
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On sacred mountains
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by
zopemaster
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:26 AM
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filed under:
society, culture,
nature descriptions,
nature
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On the borders of the Sahara
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by
zopemaster
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:03 AM
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filed under:
livestock farming,
water consumption, water supply
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On the right track - for and with hikers
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by
zopemaster
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published
Mar 29, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:20 AM
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filed under:
players / networks,
summer sports,
sport
An international joint venture of eight hiking regions grouped under the heading of Best of Wandern has come up with some innovative ideas for boosting visitor figures and strengthening visitor loyalty.
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On thin ice
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by
zopemaster
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:13 AM
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filed under:
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
winter sports, skiing areas,
sport
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One step further towards ecological connectivity in France
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by
zopemaster
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published
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
The French law on ecological networks ("trame verte et bleue") has recently been updated with two decrees, which asses and divide the implementation roles of the state and the regions. Further information: www.actu-environnement.com/ae/news
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Only climate-friendly tourism is sustainable: cc.alps - CIPRA’s demands for tourism in climate change
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by
zopemaster
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published
Mar 09, 2011
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:14 AM
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filed under:
Climate Change,
Tourism
Climate change is a major challenge to Alpine tourism. It has to adapt to climate change and at the same time become more climate-friendly. There is a particularly large potential for reduction of CO2 emissions in the key areas of traffic and energy. Tourism is a branch of the economy which is heavily subsidized. Therefore public policy can and must direct developments towards sustainability through the support given to tourism. The present discussion about developments in the tourism industry is dominated by the large chair lift companies which are essentially fixed on ski tourism and the maintenance of the status quo. But focusing only on snow and skiing means promoting a capital-intensive, highly technological form of Alpine tourism and a monoculture. This is neither climatologically nor environmentally sustainable.
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Onto the slopes by plane
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by
zopemaster
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published
Dec 20, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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filed under:
sport,
winter sports, skiing areas
More and more low-cost airlines are flying to the Alps in winter. More than twenty of these "ski destinations" are being offered to winter air travellers. With the offer of connecting flights, air passengers are now able to travel directly to the ski slopes from Salzburg/A, Innsbruck/A, Klagenfurt/A, Zurich/CH, Friedrichshafen/D, Munich/D and, most recently, from Grenoble/F and Memmingen/D.
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