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30/09/2011 - News from the network ALPARC 17th Memorial Danilo Re - Adamello Nature Park Valle Camonica
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Adamello Park and Valle Camonica will host the seventeenth edition of the Memorial dedicated to Danilo Re (a ranger from Cuneo, who deceased in 1995 while he was on a duty) from Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th January 2012. |
29/09/2011 - News from the network ALPARC CIME_1 – Management measures of protected areas: a catalogue to top all off!
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The subject is of great topical interest: how can we assure a larger effectiveness of the alpine protected areas’ management measures? How can we monitor the effectiveness during the time? An increasing number of protection authorities as ministries and local communities request to protected areas managers a veritable evaluation, in terms of effectiveness, of their management measures. Some large organisations, such as IUCN and the Council of Europe (European Diploma of Protected Areas ), dealt with this topic at the level of protected areas. |
29/09/2011 - News from the Alps AlpWeek 2012: Renewable Alps
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“How renewable are the Alps?” |
28/09/2011 - News from the network ALPARC Renewable energies in Alpine protected areas: Conflicting interests and the need for action in the view of protected areas
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Based on interviews with 21 alpine protected areas, the report “Renewable energies in Alpine protected areas” shows the conflicts between the protection and the use regarding the production of renewable energies as well as possible strategies. The study has been elaborated by the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SAS) with the support of the Alpine Network of Protected Areas (ALPARC) and has been funded by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN). |
Written by: Esther Volken
26/09/2011 - News from the network ALPARC Alain Brandeis – ALPARC’s new Vice-President
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Alain Brandeis was elected as Vice-President of ALPARC’s International Steering Committee (ISC) during the meeting on September 20th and 21st in Berchtesgaden / D and will take over the position of Philippe Traub , who retired this year. |