Le dossier de candidature des Alpes de la Méditerranée au Patrimoine mondial de l'Humanité de l'Unesco avance à grands pas. Les experts de l'UICN France (Union Internationale pour la Conservation de la Nature) ainsi que le Ministère de l'Ecologie, du
Développement durable et de l'Energie ont été enthousiastes à la présentation du dossier et au travail réalisé. Mais la route est encore
longue. Maintenant, les équipes s'apprêtent à s'atteler à la prochaine étape: définir le périmètre exact du bien.

Pour en savoir plus, consultez le communiqué de presse.

Alparc is celebrating its 20th birthday. Since 1995, the network has been opening doors for exchange, recognition and joint activities among the protected areas in the Alps. Staff members of protected areas have found each other across cultural, linguistic and legislative borders. Not only did they live in the same mountain range, they also recognized their similar ambitions and concerns.

During the past 20 years, Alparc has realized many successful projects and created numerous opportunities for protected area staff members to learn from and inspire each other. This is something we can be proud of.

Therefore, the year 2015 is a year of celebrations and festive activities, among which a land art photo contest and the first edition of the international Youth at the Top event. We will also take the opportunity to think about the role of the Alpine protected areas today and in the future, and come together to establish a shared vision for the years to come.

We look forward to sharing experiences, forming new friendships, joining strengths and realizing new projects together for the Alps.

A short history of ALPARC

Events during the celebration year

The role of scientific councils            

Experts from science, protected mountain areas and administration will discuss the role of scientific councils regarding science and management in protected areas.

The workshop will be based on the presentation of various models in organising scientific councils existing in different countries and for different categories of protection. Afterwards, different aspects of scientific councils as an interface between science and protected areas will be discussed: To what extent and under what conditions are scientific councils able to promote scientific research in protected areas? To what extent and under what conditions can they support the management and the policy of a protected area and mediate conflicts? How can they contribute to building networks and cooperation?

Outcomes of the workshop will be recommendations concerning the establishment and the management of scientific councils, an analysis of scientific councils as interfaces between science and mountain protected areas (article in a scientific journal) and inputs to a planned Alpine Space project on the governance of protected areas and the contribution of science.

As the number of participants is limited to 40, the date of registration will be taken into account in the selection of participants.

Please find below the announcement, the programme and the registration form to send back to iscar@scnat.ch

The organising institutions:

ISCAR Jean-Jacques Brun, Thomas Scheurer
LabEx ITEM Isabelle Arpin, Philippe Bourdeau, Fabien Hobléa, Sophie Tocreau, Gaëlle Ronsin
ALPARC Guido Plassmann

For further information: http://www.iscar-alpineresearch.org/

Sommet(s) pour le Climat is a project led by a group of French mountaineers, consisting of a collective crossing of the “Massif des Écrins” in the French Alps. The aim of the project is to promote useful solutions for a more ecological and sustainable world. On the occasion of the COP21, which will be held in Paris in December 2015, this project highlights the positive values of the mountain as well as the importance to mobilize the mountain networks to fight against climate change.
Several actions are proposed both at national and international levels, including:

-    21 day crossing across the peaks of the Massif des Écrins” (29 June – 19 July 2015);
-    Simultaneous climbing all over the world to enhance the international dimension of the issue (11-12 July 2015);
-    Organization of a photo contest :“photos décalées”.

The project is supported by different partners: FFCAM, Mountain Wilderness, Négawatt Association, Écrins National Park, Educ’Alpes, Réseau Action Climat, la Revue Durable.

For further information, you will find the press release below.

To know all the details about this project, visit the website.

The 19th and 20th of June, the network of the Alpine municipalities “Alliance in the Alps” and the French municipality of Saint-Martin-de-Belleville will organize an event on the following topic: “Social wealth, natural diversity. Activate the assets of the Alpine municipalities”.

In this years symposium of "Alliance in the Alps" people will discuss how these assets of the Alpine communities can be activated and how blockages can be overcome. In the context of the European Strategy for the Alps they will also talk about the possible role of municipalities in an Alpine macro-region.
Benefit from the long experience of the network of municipalities and get to know good practices and actors from the entire Alpine region on 19 and 20 June 2015, in the French municipality of Saint-Martin-de-Belleville.

You can find enclosed all the details of the event and the application form in French, Italian, German and Slovenian.

Mit dem starken Franken erhält der naturnahe Tourismus in der Schweiz neue Aktualität. Nach den neuesten Zahlen besitzt der naturnahe Tourismus einen Anteil von rund zwanzig Prozent am Alpentourismus. Besonders wichtig sind dabei ein starker Naturbezug, ein funktionierendes Qualitätsmanagement und ein effektives Marketing. Zusammen mit Fachleuten aus dem ganzen Alpenraum und mit Unterstützung der Bristol-Stiftung hat die HSR neue Qualitätsstandards für den naturnahen Tourismus entwickelt. Als Ergebnis liegt eine umfassende Checkliste zum naturnahen Tourismus vor. Damit erhalten Destinationen ein Werkzeug in die Hand, mit dem sie die eigene Arbeit weiterentwickeln können.
 
Im Rahmen der Fachtagung vom 10. Juni 2015 in Rapperswil werden die neuen Qualitätsstandards vorgestellt und gemeinsam mit Tourismus- und Umweltfachleuten diskutiert und vertieft. Es gilt zu klären, wie diese Qualitätsstandards gewinnbringend eingesetzt werden sollen und welche innovativen Produkte und Angebote daraus hervorgehen können.

Hier geht‘s direkt zur Anmeldung

Das Progamm ist in der Anlage unten.

ALPARC and the Alpine Protected Areas will be represented at the Expo Milano 2015 with projections of the Multivision “For the Alps”.
The German Pavilion hosts the Multivision during the Mountain week, the 9th of June.

ALPARC and the Alpine Protected Areas will be represented at the Expo Milano 2015 with projections of the Multivision “For the Alps
The Slovenian Pavilion hosts the Multivision during the Mountain week, from the 1st to the 14th of June 2015.               

More information about EXPO2015

http://www.expo2015.org/en/index.html

More information about the Multivision
http://grafimedia.fr/multivision/index.php?lang=EN

The Continuum Suitability Index (CSI) was successfully calculated with regional data by the region of Bavaria, Vorarlberg, Tyrol and Salzburg and integrated into the web application http://www.jecami.eu. In this application, regional analyses of the indicators are now possible and can be carried out from desired locations. The CSI tool serves as a tool to identify areas with potential and then to investigate them further.

You can download the report below (only in German available)

LIFE IN THE ALPS – People, Arts and Culture

Sporty and artsy, young and old; traditional and innovative; farmers and gamers, we look for it all!

Show us what active and vibrant Alps mean to you. Capture the everyday activities of the people living in the Alps, show generational exchange and passing of knowledge; try to capture the emotions of life in the Alps and/or the Alpine Culture in making. Participate in the 2015 edition of the Photo-contest of the Alpine Convention! Show us your view of Alpine everyday-life.

More information : http://www.alpconv.org/en/activities/contest/photocontest2015/default.html

IUCN and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), in conjunction with the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water, and the Donau-Auen National Park, are organizing the conference entitled “Little Sydney: Protecting Nature in Europe” taking place in Hainburg/Donau-Auen National Park, Austria from 28-31 May 2015..

“Little Sydney” builds on the outcomes of the recent major global event on protected areas: the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 (WPC), held in Sydney in November 2014, and which resulted in the Promise of Sydney.

The Little Sydney conference is a milestone international event aimed at finding long-term sustainable solutions for protected areas in Europe.

Source, further information  and registration at : http://www.iucn.org/about/union/secretariat/offices/europe/little_sydney_conference/

The Alps have great potential for the use of renewable energy. But to what extent can different types of renewable energy be utilised if nature is to be protected and the services that our ecosystems provide are to be fully maintained?

The partners of the recharge.green project have developed instruments to answer such questions: they will be presenting their findings at the final conference to be held in Sonthofen, Germany, on 20-21 May 2015.
The international conference is aimed at decision makers, representatives of administrations, energy companies, NGOs and anyone else interested in the topic. 

The conference programme will be made available at www.recharge-green.eu early in 2015.

recharge-green is co-financed by the European Fund for Regional Development through the INTERREG IV B Alpine Space Programme.