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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.
Climate change has consequences for mountain tourism. In the area occupied by the Écrins National Park/F, mountaineering is a major part of tourist activity in summer. Current climate change is a constraint on professionals, modifying landscapes and changing one particular perception of mountains.
Sound documents made by the Centre de l'Oralité alpine have assembled statements from mountain and tourist professionals, climate and glaciology specialists and foresters or local government officials...nothing of what they say is dotted with either gloom-mongering or denial; just experiences which give leads as to how we can try to adapt as closely as possible to local economic realities: an introduction to the debate.
Climate Change in the Alps 12:34
Climate Change: Findings in the Ecrins 09:37
Mountaineering and Climate Change: Adapting 09:31
Source: Ecrins National Park, F site: Pierres qui roulent
Read the entire article at this link (in French): http://www.ecrins-parcnational.fr/actualite/temoins-changements-climatiques
To what extent and under what conditions can scientific councils promote scientific research in the protected areas? To what extent do they support the management and governance of these areas and act as mediators in conflicts?
These questions and many others were addressed during the “Interface between Science and Mountain Protected Areas” Workshop organised in Chambéry on 25th-26th June 2015. The meeting was organised by the LabEx ITEM (Innovation & Mountain TErritories) in collaboration with ISCAR and ALPARC.
The workshop brought together more than 40 participants: members of scientific councils or staff responsible for the management of protected areas and research.
Throughout these two days, different models of scientific council as well as various scientific research working methods and management strategies were presented. Issues of a more general order such as the role of scientific research or the responsibility of a scientific council were keenly debated by experts from all parts of the Alpine Arc.
During the workshop, the results of a preliminary study on scientific councils in the Alpine Arc carried out by LabEx ITEM in collaboration with ISCAR and ALPARC were also presented. The study shows the results of an on-line survey addressed to the Alpine protected areas and carried out between February and March 2015.
For any protected areas still not having completed the above, it is still possible to take part
in the survey by clicking here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SvRQ8GD-_PkHq-NUO2PRgnDQyzEESVG48jAkWin6pAc/viewform?c=0&w=1
For all information about the survey, please contact directly: gaelle.ronsin@irstea.fr
You can download the preliminary study below
Organized in the frame of the 20 years’ celebration of ALPARC, the workshop which will take place in Berchtesgaden at the 13th of October 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. This heritage shaped by the processes of evolution and wilderness as well as by cultural alpine societies has many facets and needs adequate, modern and professional management.
The alpine protected areas will face various new challenges during the next years, mainly linked to climate change, demographic movements, changing political frame conditions and socio-economic needs of the Alpine society. The Alps will probably be more and more influenced by European politics and impacted by decisions taken outside the Alpine arch.
Which strategy should be adapted for the daily work of protected area managers? How to define priorities? How to find the means to fulfill new tasks while preserving the main mission of nature protection? How to make sure to take the right direction and which are the priorities for international cooperation between Alpine protected areas? How to adapt the services and tools delivered by ALPARC?
All these and other questions will be discussed in Berchtesgaden, in the house of the mountains, a very well adapted place to develop a new vision for the alpine protection areas – together towards 2030!
Please register before the 25th of September, by sending the registration form which can be downloaded below to info[@]alparc.org.
The workshop is open for members and nonmembers of ALPARC and their institutional bodies and staff, for associated organisations and all interested protected area managers.
It will take place during a busy week in Berchtesgaden: a Council meeting of ALPARC will be held on the 14th of October, and the 59th Permanent Committee of the Alpine Convention will take place on the 15th and 16th of October. On this occasion, the German presidency of the Alpine Convention together with the Presidency of the Platform Ecological network will present the last news from the pilot-regions for ecological connectivity.
The French nature park federation has released a leaflet titled "Les Parcs naturels régionaux et la biodiversité : retours d'expériences" realized with the support of GRTgaz and MEDDE.
In this document, the Regional nature parks show their know-how and the importance of considering biodiversity in territorial policy implementations. Around twenty initiatives are presented.
Have a look at the leaflet here.