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ALPARC, the Alpine Network of Protected Areas

ALPARC, the Alpine Network of Protected Areas gathers all categories of protected areas of large size within the Alpine Convention area.

Since 1995, it permits an intensive exchange between the alpine parks, nature reserves, biosphere reserves, tranquillity zones and many other kinds of protection, and also with organisms and institutions of nature protection, local actors, populations and scientists.

The main goal is the concrete application of the protocol of the Alpine Convention . « Nature conservation and landscape management ». The signatory countries of this international treaty are Germany, Austria, France, Italy, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Principality of Monaco, Slovenia and Switzerland.

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1994	The idea of establishing a European network of alpine protected area is launched by France
1995	Organisation of the 1st International Conference of the Alpine Protected Areas in Les Ecrins National Park/F
2000	Official recognition of the Alpine Network of Protected Areas (ALPARC) as a contribution to the application of the Alpine Convention
2000	Drafting of the rules of procedure regulations of ALPARC
2002	Conference of the Protected Areas of the European mountains
2004	The Steering Committee of the Alpine Convention charges ALPARC of the responsibility for carrying out a study on ecological networks and transboundary areas
2005	ALPARC celebrates its 10th anniversary
2006	The coordination team of ALPARC becomes the Task Force Protected Areas, attached to the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention

ALPARC, the Alpine Network of Protected Areas

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