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A scientific insight into mountain regions and cultures worldwide
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zopemaster
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Nov 20, 2008
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last modified
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climate change, climate policy
In the October issue of its IHDP Update magazine the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) looks at mountain regions worldwide.
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Is climate change drying up the Alps?
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Nov 20, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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climate change, climate policy,
water consumption, water supply,
research, science
The Alpine range will continue to fulfil its role as central Europe's water tower in the future. But not without restrictions, according to the forecasts of a current study by a group of 20 experts commissioned by the European Environment Agency (EEA).
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Central Asia on the Way to sustainable Development
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zopemaster
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Nov 11, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:13 AM
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sustainable development
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Actors, Discourses and Interfaces of Rural Tourism Development at the Local Community Level in Slovenia
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zopemaster
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Nov 11, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:11 AM
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filed under:
tourism policy, tourism concepts,
tourism
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Guidelines for environmental auditing
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zopemaster
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Nov 10, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:13 AM
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ecological test and audit procedures,
environment
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€100,000 for exemplary climate protection in the Alps
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zopemaster
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Nov 06, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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climate change, climate policy,
players / networks,
development/support measures
At a ceremony held in Bern/CH on 6 November, the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps (CIPRA) awarded prizes for outstanding climate protection to seven municipalities, businesses and organisations, the winners of its cc.alps competition held across the Alps. Weather expert Thomas Bucheli and CIPRA President Dominik Siegrist presented the prizes worth a total of €100,000.
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ECONNECT: Nature without limits
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zopemaster
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Nov 06, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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protected areas / sanctuaries,
nature conservation/support,
nature,
climate change, climate policy
The kick-off for the EU project "ECONNECT - Restoring the web of life" took place in Vienna/A on 4 and 5 November. Over the next three years sixteen partners and four observers from all the Alpine States will be working to implement an ecological network across state borders and the confines of protected areas.
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New hypothesis on deep erosion in high mountain regions
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zopemaster
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Nov 06, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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erosion,
soil immissions and hazards,
glaciers,
geomorphology,
climate change, climate policy
Researchers in the south-east of the Tibetan plateau have found that the moraine dams created during glacier fluctuations have over the millennia helped to slow down the erosion effect of large rivers known as downcutting.
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Rhône Glacier to melt away by 2100
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Nov 06, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
glaciers,
geomorphology,
research, science
Scientists at the Écoles Polytechniques Fédérales de Lausanne/CH and Zurich/CH have used complex computer simulations to predict that the Rhône Glacier in the Canton of Valais/CH will have disappeared by 2100.
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Early warning system for water scarcity in the Alps
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zopemaster
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Oct 23, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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filed under:
water consumption, water supply,
INTERREG,
development/support measures,
players / networks
The kick-off for the cross-border project "ALP-WATER-SCARCE: Water Management Strategies against Water Scarcity in the Alps" took place in Annecy/F in mid-October as part of the INTERREG Alpine Space Programme.
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