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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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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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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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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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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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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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Warmest decade for at least 130 years
by zopemaster — published Jan 12, 2010 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under: ,
The last ten years will go on record as by far the warmest in the alpine region since systematic records began. In Germany even the "cool" year 2004 with an average temperature of 9.0 degrees centigrade was well above the climatological mean for Germany, at 8.2 degrees.
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Hiking right across the Alps
by zopemaster — published Jan 12, 2010 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under: ,
The recently published book Via Alpina - 2500 kilometres from one coast to another (Via Alpina - 2'500 kilomètres d'une mer à l'autre) recounts the adventure of crossing the entire Alpine range. In 2007 Vincent Tornay followed the Via Alpina Red Trail for a total of 119 days in search of the people and landscapes that make up the Alps of today. He covered 2500 km and 124,000 metres of difference in altitude as he hiked through the eight Alpine states, from the Adriatic coastline to Monaco.
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Tourism in mountain areas put to the test
by zopemaster — published Dec 15, 2009 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under:
The new December 2009 issue of Revue de géographie alpine / Journal of alpine research looks at mountain tourism and sustainability. Six articles examine the sustainability of current practices in tourism and take a closer look at the experience gained with sustainable tourism.
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Club Arc Alpin makes a stand on climate change, the expansion of fixed rope routes, and motorised offroad traffic
by zopemaster — published Dec 15, 2009 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under: ,
On September 12 the Club Arc Alpin (CAA) held its members' meeting in Innsbruck at which it formulated political demands on climate change and adopted a number of policy documents on fixed rope routes and motorised offroad traffic. On the subject of climate change the CAA called for a reduction in CO2 as well as a move away from a dependency on fossil sources of energy. It specifically addressed the issue of traffic, to which it suggested a number of measures.
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