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Decrease in water runoff from the Swiss Alps
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zopemaster
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Aug 25, 2005
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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filed under:
water cycle,
hydropower,
renewable energy,
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy
A new study analyses the impact of a potential climate change on hydrological discharge regimes from the Swiss Alpine region for the period between 2020 and 2050. Eleven catchment areas with different glaciation rates and altitude ranges were examined.
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Alpine Protected Areas - from co-operation to ecological network
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zopemaster
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published
Aug 25, 2005
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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filed under:
protected areas / sanctuaries,
players / networks
The Alpine Network of Protected Areas is celebrating its 10th anniversary as part of the international conference on "Alpine Protected Areas: Between History, Development and Challenges".
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Via Alpina via the internet
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zopemaster
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Aug 25, 2005
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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players / networks,
summer sports,
sport
Via Alpina, the project for a network of long-distance hiking trails, now features a new internet website at www.via-alpina.org . The Trails heading provides an opportunity to travel all 341 stages of the Via Alpina virtually, using interactive maps of different scales.
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MARS and FUNalpin examine sustainability in the Alpine region
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zopemaster
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published
Aug 25, 2005
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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sustainable development
As part of the MARS Interreg IIIB project (Monitoring the Alpine Region's Sustainability) 22 partners from six countries (A, CH, D, FL, I, SI) worked on drawing up a set of indicators for measuring and evaluating sustainable development in the Alpine region.
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Plug-in IT services for small and medium-sized businesses
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zopemaster
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published
Aug 11, 2005
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises),
labour market
The Alise project (Alps IT Service Network) is designed to provide those small and medium-sized businesses for which IT operations have become a burden with all the IT services they require directly from the Network.
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CIPRA's Future in the Alps competition - 570 projects online
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zopemaster
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published
Jul 28, 2005
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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filed under:
sustainable development,
players / networks
The Future in the Alps competition being held across the Alps has been very well received. By the July 20 submission deadline individuals and organisations from all eight Alpine countries had submitted more than 570 projects.
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Climate protection measures for a hot Bavaria
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zopemaster
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published
Jul 28, 2005
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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filed under:
climate change, climate policy
Representatives of Bavaria's Ministries of the Environment, Economic Affairs, Agriculture and the Interior, and of the Bund Naturschutz have agreed on around a dozen climate protection measures in a further step in implementing the Climate Protection Alliance they concluded in 2004.
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Space observation to assist risk management in the Alps
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by
zopemaster
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published
Jul 14, 2005
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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filed under:
natural hazards,
nature,
nature monitoring,
nature
Satellites are to be used in a bid to improve the risk management of landslides, avalanches, mudslides and floods in Alpine regions. This is the objective of the latest ASSIST (Alpine Safety, Security and Informational Services and Technologies) research project, which is currently being launched as part of the European "Global Monitoring for Environment and Security" (GMES) initiative.
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Exchange of know-how on hydrogeological disruptions
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by
zopemaster
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published
Jul 14, 2005
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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filed under:
INTERREG,
development/support measures,
natural hazards,
nature,
hydrology / run-off characteristics,
rivers and streams
The CATCHRISK project (mitigation of hydro-geological risk in alpine catchments) is in its end phase.
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New publication: Mountaineering villages to enjoy
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zopemaster
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published
Jul 14, 2005
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM
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filed under:
tourism
The latest brochure of the Austrian Alpine Association (ÖAV) features hiking and mountaineering regions in Austria which actively implement the Alpine Convention's Tourism Protocol.
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