News from the network ALPARC
Wednesday, 21 December 2016
ALPBIONET2030 – project launch

ALPBIONET2030 project will enable ALPARC and the 14 other partners to refine the work already achieved on alpine ecological connectivity in these past years. The project objectives include the drawing up of strategic areas maps in and around the Alpine region (Strategic Alpine Connectivity Areas – SACA), the development of…
Monday, 14 November 2016
Youth at the Top: 2016 retrospective and dates of the next editions

Latest news from the initiative Youth at the top: a photographic retrospective 2016, compilation of texts and drawings that young participant(s) have sent to us through postcards, and finally the dates of 2017 and 2018 editions revealed !Video clips and photos to be discoveredA short video clip expressing the atmosphere…
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Monday, 14 November 2016
Mountain Environmental Education: Feedback on Some Very Successful Meetings

Take about thirty people in charge of mountain environment education in the Alpine protected areas and draw them deep into an Alpine valley for 3 days, at an altitude of 1,800 m, in a refuge with neither Internet connection nor telephone network. Once there, encourage them to exchange and collaborate…
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Thursday, 10 November 2016
3 New Interreg Alpine Space Projects for ALPARC

We are happy to announce that 3 project proposals put forward this year at the second call for projects in the EU Interreg –Alpine Space Programme have been selected. They are the YOUrALPS and ALPBIONET2030 projects, led by ALPARC, and the GaYA project, in which ALPARC is a partner and…
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Wednesday, 09 November 2016
22nd Danilo Re Memorial 2017 & ALPARC General Assembly

The registration is open for the 22nd Edition of the “Danilo Re Memorial” that will take place from the 26th to the 29th of January 2017 in Admont (Austria) in the Gesäuse National Park.Set up your team and register via the online form. On the official website you will also…
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Wednesday, 09 November 2016
Two new territories have joint the family of the Alpine Pilot Regions for ecological connectivity

At the XIVth Alpine Conference in Grassau (Germany) two new Pilot Regions were nominated by the Alpine Convention: the Achental Region (Germany) and the French part of the Ecoregion Mont Blanc. The evaluation carried out by the Platform Ecological network of the Alpine Convention on the already existing 8 Pilot…
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Tuesday, 08 November 2016
New publication on ecological connectivity in the Alps

The publication “Alpine Nature 2030 - Creating [ecological] connectivity for generations to come” edited in October 2016 gives an overview about twelve years’ experience on ecological connectivity in the Alps and offers interesting perspectives for the evolutions of the upcoming years. Numerous experts and scientists have contributed to this publication.…
Friday, 14 October 2016
ALPARC presents political demands during the Alpine Conference

On the occasion of the AlpWeek and the Alpine Conference, ALPARC handed over a list of political demands for the future of Alpine protected areas to the German Federal Minister for the Environment, Dr. Barbara Hendricks, and to the official representative of the Austrian Presidency of the Alpine Convention. The…
Wednesday, 12 October 2016
Youth at the Top 2016: video clip retrospective

A short video clip expressing the atmosphere of the 2nd Edition of Youth at Top event is released this week during the Alpweek and the Alpine Conference in Grassau (Germany). See the video The video invites you to discover all the others videos produced by the young participants or by…
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Wednesday, 05 October 2016
InnovAlps closing and distinction of the pilot regions for their commitment to innovation and sustainability

ALPARC has officially recognized the commitment of three Alpine nature park regions to innovation and sustainability in regional development. On the occasion of the InnovAlps final conference in Leuk-Susten (Valais, CH) on 29th and 30th of September, the Regional nature park Pfyn-Finges (CH), the Natural park region Tiroler Lech (AT)…
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