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US ski resort to tackle climate change
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May 04, 2006
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climate change, climate policy
The well-known winter sports resort of Aspen in the Rocky Mountains plans intends to cover its entire energy requirements from renewable sources by 2015, a move prompted first and foremost by the realisation that climate change poses a genuine threat to winter tourism in Aspen.
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Alpine Convention shows solidarity with other mountain regions
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Apr 21, 2006
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Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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Alpine Convention,
international treaties,
players / networks
The keynote event of the 32nd Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Alpine Conference focused on international mountain partnerships. In future the Alpine Convention is aiming to co-operate first and foremost with players from the mountain regions of Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Carpathians and the Balkans.
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CIPRA to attend Green Week 2006 in Brussels
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Apr 21, 2006
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Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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biodiversity,
players / networks
CIPRA, the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps, has just received confirmation from the EU Commission that it has been allocated a stand at Green Week 2006, one of the world's largest annual discussion forums on environmental policy.
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International events on "Water in the Mountains"
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Apr 21, 2006
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Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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international treaties
The 2nd "Water in Mountains" International Congress on "Integrated Management of High Watersheds - Implementing the European Water-Framework Directive" is to be held in Megève/F from 20 to 22 September 2006.
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Caucasus Conference documentation available online
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Apr 21, 2006
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players / networks,
biodiversity
The three-day conference "Nature Protection in the Caucasus" was held in Berlin/D from 9 to 11 March 2006.
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New alpMedia dossier - "Ecological Networks"
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Apr 06, 2006
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nature conservation/support,
nature,
ecology,
Alpine Convention,
international treaties
On 7 and 8 November 2005 representatives of the eight member states of the Alpine Convention attended a seminar on the creation of an ecological network of protected areas to debate the possibilities for establishing an ecological network spanning the Alps. The alpMedia dossier entitled "Ecological Networks" drawn up on that occasion provides an overview of the instruments that play an important role in the establishment of ecological networks at the global, pan-European, European and national levels.
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Workshops of the Alps-Carpathian co-operation project
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Apr 06, 2006
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Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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education, training, work,
society, culture,
protected areas / sanctuaries,
players / networks
The Alpine Network of Protected Areas is organising two international workshops as part of the co-operation project between the Alps and the Carpathians. The first workshop entitled Integrated Management of Protected Areas is to be held at the Mala Fatra National Park in Slovakia from 1 to 3 June.
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Skiers: a species on the verge of extinction?
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Mar 23, 2006
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winter sports, skiing areas,
sport,
winter sports, skiing areas,
sport,
tourism
A new study by WWF Italy shows that snowfall in the Italian Alps has decreased by 20% over the past thirty years and looks at the consequences. The tourism industry, which has been a cash cow for many alpine regions, has come to rely exclusively on artificial snow installations in many cases.
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Alpine Enterprise network to promote sustainability-oriented enterprises
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Mar 09, 2006
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Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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players / networks
Together with nine partners from all the alpine countries CIPRA, the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps (Schaan/FL), has set itself the aim of establishing an alpine-wide network of small and medium-sized businesses as part of the NENA Project and promote sustainability-oriented enterprises. The idea of an alpine-wide network of enterprises came about as part of CIPRA's Future in the Alps project.
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Signing of the Apennines Convention
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Mar 09, 2006
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Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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environmental policy,
environment,
protected areas / sanctuaries,
sustainable development
On 24 February the Italian Apennine mountain range was endowed with a new protection and management instrument following the signing of the Apennines Convention at the political level.
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