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Alpine resources will play a crucial role in the development of the Alpine region. They generate genuine ownership as well as technological, social and cultural innovation, and economic valuation. Due to the natural, social, cultural and economic aspects of Alpine resources, they are key to sustainable development in the region.
The eleventh ForumAlpinum 2014 (17.-19. September 2014 in Darfo Boario Terme -Val Camonica, Italy)was jointly organised by the International Scientific Committee for Alpine Research ISCAR and the Mountain University in Edolo, an interdepartmental centre of the University of Milan, Italy. The forum was supported by the Italian Council of Ministries and the Lombardy Region.
The proceedings provide insights into ongoing and planned research, concepts and actions that focus on the use, valorisation and management of Alpine resources. The main results of ForumAlpinum 2014 can be summarised in three statements: (1) Alpine resources create relevant assets for (sustainable) regional development. (2) Additional efforts are needed to ensure a sustainable use of Alpine resources. (3) Mountain-related resource policies are required.
The proceedings in English of this wide-ranging conference, published by the Austrian Academy of Sciences ÖAW, are now available here: http://epub.oeaw.ac.at/ForumAlpinum14
The Italian version was published by Biblion Edizioni and is available here: http://www.unimontagna.it/web/uploads/2015/10/Proceedings_ITA_ForumAlpinum.pdf
Reference:
Giorgi A, Borsdorf A, Köck G & Scheurer T (eds.) (2015) Alpine resources: use, valorisation and management from local to macro-regional scale. Proceedings of the ForumAlpinum 2014 in Darfo Boario Terme (Italy). Austrian Academy of Sciences.
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7001-7855-2. DOI: 10.1553/forumalpinum2014.
Source: Newsletter Proceedings ForumAlpinum 2014 "Alpine resources" online
Christophe Viret is the new director of the Mercantour National Park.
Mr Viret replaces Mr Alain Braindeis who held the position of director during the last 7 years.
The new director, working actually at the CGET (Commissariat Général à l’Egalité des Territoires) will officially take up his duty the 1st January 2016.
ALPARC welcomes the new director of the Mercantour National Park.
This brochure presents the long-term cooperation between protected areas in the Alps and the Carpathians that has officially existed since 2002, the International Year of Mountains. Following a political initiative, ALPARC guided the creation of the Carpathian Network of Protected Areas (CNPA), for which its own organisation served as a model. Many joint activities and exchange meetings were organized during the last 13 years. This publication presents an overview and evaluation of this partnership.
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Organized in the frame of the 20 years’ celebration of ALPARC, the workshop aims to identify new challenges for the protected areas for the next years: challenges in nature protection and regional development and new governance models for a responsible management of natural spaces and cultural landscapes in the Alps.
the detailed programme is available for download below
16:00 Arrival and Welcome in the House of the Mountains
16:30 Guided Visit of the house of the Mountains (Haus der Berge) by Michael Vogel,
director of the National Park and ALPARC President
18:30 Alpine Aperitif “The Best of the Alps”
Projection of the Multivision “For the Alps”
Every participant brings a speciality from his/her region (drink & food, sweet & salty)
20:00 Common official Dinner invitation by Germany (BMUB)
8:30 Official Welcome by local authorities, the Alpine Convention and its Presidency and ALPARC
Introduction
9:30 The future of the protected areas – challenges and visions in an alpine context
key-notes speeches and discussion with the plenary – a shared vision for the future
14:00 Presentation of the paper proposal “Alpine Protected Areas 2030”
14:45 World Café session
– Excursion ( in parallel to the Alparc Council meeting)
– Permanent Committee of the Alpine Convention, participation of a delegation of the ALPARC council and Excursion
Berchtesgaden National Park - Germany
From 5 to 19 October, on the website of EOCA (European Outdoor Conservation Association) you can vote for the funding of the research project APOLLO (Alpine Protection from Overgrazing, Landscape Learning and Observation) presented by the Institute for the Dynamics of Environmetal Processes of CNR and the Gran Paradiso National Park concerning the management of sustainable grazing activities inside the Protected Area.
The EOCA is a non-for-profit association which promotes various projects linked to nature conservation presented by different organizations and authorities involved in nature preservation. Once the projects have been validated by the scientific committee of EOCA, they are submitted to a public vote. Only the project that will get the largest number of votes will be financed.
Help the project of the Gran Paradiso be financed by casting your vote here.
For further information about the project, visit the Gran Paradiso National Park website.
SOURCE: Gran Paradiso National Park
Les inscriptions au 2ème Congrès commun FCEN/RNF (Dunkerque - 7 au 10 octobre 2015) sont ouvertes. Nous vous invitons donc à visiter le site internet dédié à l'événement :
http://www.congres-commun-rnf-fcen.com
Vous y trouverez toutes les informations utiles : programme, tarifs, informations pratiques… et, à la rubrique ‘Inscriptions’, un module vous permettant de vous inscrire et d’effectuer votre paiement en ligne.
30 September Europe´s most profound wilderness advocates will again convene in the National Park Gesäuse in Austria to discuss the latest on Wilderness in Europe.Speakers from all across Europe will present such interesting topics as:
- Wilderness Restoration
- Wilderness Connectivity and trans-boundary wilderness
- The Schengen Passport for large carnivores to support wilderness
- Wilderness and Sustainable Tourism in the Carpathians
- Best Practice and Capacity Building for Wilderness Managers
- Natura 2000 in Wilderness Areas
- How to engage the Next Generation in Wilderness Protection
and much more…
For further information, visit the website
A moins de 6 mois de la COP21 de Paris, la FRAPNA veut alerter sur les effets spécifiques du changement climatique sur nos montagnes.
Nous voulons faire entendre l'urgence : même si nous contenons la hausse globale des températures à +2°C, seuil qui nous permet d'éviter l'altération irréversible de notre système climatique, c'est +4°C qui règneront sur nos montagnes.
Rendez-vous le 26 septembre au grand colloque FRAPNA avec les scientifiques, les décideurs économiques et politiques pour en débattre...
The CIPRA annual conference, « Agir pour le changement! Ne pas en rester aux bonnes intentions » take place the 25-26 September 2015 in Ruggell/LI .
A conference focused on environment protection and sustainable development.
For further information please visit: http://www.cipra.org/en
In the frame of the project « Youth Alpine Dialogue » 2014-2015 led by CIPRA International and in which ALPARC was a partner, the work of the youth groups from different alpine countries led to a film about Mobility in the Alps compiling various interviews: https://youtu.be/q8tGjNi4w7A, a collection of some sustainable good practices identified by youth in the alpine space: Alps: new opportunities for you(th), a handbook providing some ideas and technical tools for youth participation, and the platform YAPP !
The online YAPP platform provides young people with information on organisations and initiatives in favour of youth participation and sustainable development in the Alps. The interested organisations are invited to display their information and offers on the free platform.
Read more about the platform in French, German, Italian or Slovene at: http://www.cipra.org/fr/communiques/une-plate-forme-en-ligne-renforce-la-participation-des-jeunes-dans-les-alpes
(you can change the language).
Visit www.yapp-network.org
Source CIPRA : http://www.cipra.org/en/cipra/international/projects/current/youth-alpine-dialogue?set_language=en
More about the whole “Youth Alpine Dialogue” project: http://www.cipra.org/fr/cipra/international/projets/en-cours/youth-alpine-dialogue-yad
The summer has been rich in events for ALPARC! Within the framework of the network’s 20th anniversary celebrations , more than 370 young people from the Alps were the main actors in the collective “Youth at the Top” event. As autumn approaches the anniversary celebrations continue. Both the staff of the APA and the general public are invited to take part in an Land art& Photo contest with the slogan “Connecting Man, Mountains and Nature”. In addition, rendezvous at the ALPARC workshop on 12th-13th October in Berchtesgaden to exchange thoughts on what should be the strategy of the protected areas in the years to come. Read all the details in this Newsletter!
This July we learned of the death, after a long illness, of one of ALPARC’s most committed partners, one who had been very active from the network’s beginnings.
Artur Kammerer, Director of the Nature Parks Office of Alto Adige (Italie), had been deeply committed to international cooperation from the very beginning of ALPARC and he made a huge contribution to the development of our network.
In September 1997, Artur joined the Steering Committee of the Alpine Network of Protected Areas and worked with us on an international level for very many years. His instigation of work on ecological connectivity at the ALPARC General Assembly in Berchtesgaden in 2003 was visionary and this subject has become one of ALPARC’s central themes. A large number of events were organised in the Alto Adige parks; Artur was often the instigator of such events and he was always present.
He personified international cooperation like few people in the Alpine network, expressed the need for it and was convinced that exchanges between the staffs of the protected areas were beneficial and even vital to the implementation of a real concept of protection of our common Alpine heritage.
In this same spirit he was also the main actor in the inclusion of the Dolomites in the list of UNESCO world heritage sites. His vision, his conscientiousness and his will to go forward together with his colleagues in the protected areas in all the Alpine countries were instrumental to progress toward the big ALPARC family.
But, above all, he was liked by everyone, both as a colleague and as a friend, because of his great motivation for the protection of life and his kindness and today his absence is cruelly felt in our network.
Artur was a very good friend and a visionary for modern protection of the Alpine Arc; he lived the slogan of ALPARC: “the protected areas: together for the Alps”
We wish his family and colleagues of Alto Adige much strength; he will remain in our hearts and in our collective memory.