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19/08/2010 - News from the network ALPARC UNESCO- World Heritage Monte San Giorgio: Extension on Italian territory

The UNESCO-World Heritage Committee meeting, which was held in Brasilia from July 25th to August 3rd, approved the extension of the site Monte San Giorgo in Italy. The Swiss part has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2003. The candidature of the extension project, which includes a cross-border administration of the site, has been deposited together by the Italian and Swiss State.

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18/08/2010 - News from the network ALPARC Répondez au nouveau questionnaire sur les grands prédateurs dans les espaces protégés alpins!

ALPARC (le Réseau Alpin des Espaces Protégés) et le Parc naturel régional Adamello Brenta, dans le cadre des activités du groupe de travail “Grands prédateurs”-ALPARC, invitent tous les espaces protégés alpins à participer activement à cette enquête en remplissant le questionnaire ci-dessous. Le but est de recenser toutes les actions de conservation des grands prédateurs (ours brun, loup et lynx) en cours ou en projet dans les espaces protégés.

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16/08/2010 - News from the protected areas Steinwildtelemetrie in den Hohen Tauern

Nach sechs Jahren erstmals Besenderung einer Steingeiß geglückt!

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13/08/2010 - News from the protected areas Eco-construction in parks: the Baronnies Provençales innovate with lavender straw

The Pnr project leaders are already convinced that eco-construction is an economic and ecological stake in the park’s future; they are supporting an original local initiative: a prototype of a modular bioclimatic house, particularly adapted to tourist accommodation.

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12/08/2010 - News from the Alps The wolf in Switzerland

Switzerland counts its first couple of wolves since more then one century.

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