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Kick-off for recharge.green project: connecting energy and nature
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zopemaster
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published
Jan 17, 2013
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM
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filed under:
renewable energy,
nature conservation/support,
nature,
environmental engineering, soil bioengineering,
environment
Concrete dams, wind turbines, tree plantations: there is often a conflict between energy production and nature conservation. The recharge.green project, now being implemented throughout the Alps, intends to give landscapes a value. A solution to the dilemma?
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...Oh!
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by
zopemaster
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published
Feb 15, 2013
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM
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filed under:
sport
… The skiers must be able to swish over gleaming white snow, the ice skaters must glide across brilliant white ice and the biathletes shoot through deep white snow drifts. The Winter Olympic Games in Switzerland must be absolutely snow-white.
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Protected areas form their own association
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zopemaster
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published
Feb 15, 2013
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM
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filed under:
conservation areas,
protected areas / sanctuaries
ALPARC, the Alpine Network of Protected Areas, has split from the permanent secretariat of the Alpine Convention to form its own association - in order to ensure better implementation of the Alpine Convention.
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Stage is set for hermits and fire salamanders
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by
zopemaster
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published
Feb 15, 2013
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM
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filed under:
ecology
What can be done to preserve the diversity of plant and animal species in the Alps? CIPRA provides some answers in the short film "For hermits and fire salamanders - How municipalities connect habitats in the Alps".
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Alpine water resources in private hands?
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zopemaster
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published
Feb 15, 2013
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM
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market deregulation,
water consumption, water supply
The proposal from Brussels on the privatisation of water supplies is making waves on account of the content of the regulation and also the successful citizens' initiative that aims to stop it. Finally, this article explains why a joint strategy is needed, both for the Alpine space and for Europe.
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What counts for the diversity of Alpine species
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by
zopemaster
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Mar 12, 2013
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM
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filed under:
nature conservation/support,
nature,
biodiversity,
ecology,
Big predators
An international team of researchers has decided on the 50 most important questions for the connecting of habitats in the Alpine regions. Research, support and projects should thus now all be singing in unison. What really counts for the Alpine space?
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CIPRA's point of view: The Alps are far too valuable for the Olympics
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zopemaster
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published
Mar 12, 2013
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM
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filed under:
sporting events,
sport,
traffic and infrastructure,
regional planning, regional development, land use,
winter sports, skiing areas,
Point of view,
Olympics
The result of the vote held on 3 March 2013 in Graubünden is clear: 52.7% are against the Winter Olympics being held there in 2022. This example shows that there is no desire for gigantism in the Alps.
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“Fact-finding trips like Climalp are some of my favourite assignments”
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zopemaster
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published
Apr 08, 2013
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM
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filed under:
education, training, work,
society, culture,
identity,
society, culture
CIPRA communicates in four languages of the Alps and also in English. The resulting translation load is handled by several translators and interpreters. Reinhold Ferrari is one of them.
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“The Climalp excursion was a breakthrough”
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by
zopemaster
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published
Apr 08, 2013
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM
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filed under:
ecological building,
construction,
timber construction,
wood sciences and wood engineering,
regional cycles
The local authority in Saint-Jean-d’Arvey decided to use local timber to construct an energy-efficient multipurpose building. In an interview with the Mayor Jean-Claude Monin, we learn how the idea was inspired by a CIPRA visit to Vorarlberg.
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Young Alps
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by
zopemaster
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published
Apr 08, 2013
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM
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filed under:
environmental education,
Alpine Convention,
international treaties,
dialogue between the generations,
society, culture
Everyone’s talking about the future. But usually without involving those to whom it actually belongs. CIPRA supports young people in articulating their hopes and demands.
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