Today the effects of climate change are also obvious in the protected areas and the phenomenon is accelerated in the Alps compared to other European regions. (...)

On the initiative of ISCAR and ALPARC a new research journal on the protected mountain areas, published by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, IGF and Innsbruck University, was issued in June 2009. (...)

The working group "Joint Communication" of ALPARC met on the 4th and 5th of June 2009 in the Les Ecrins National Park (France). Since 2009 this working group has enlarged its theme to "Mountain Environment Education". (...)

After an intense two years’ dedication on mobility issues, the working group "Sustainable tourism, cultural heritage and soft mobility" of ALPARC restarts its initiatives on a tourism topic, precisely on the touristic diversification in the Alps, linked to the question of the climate change. (...)

A special edition of the newsletter of the Adamello Brenta Nature Park in Italy was entirely dedicated to the workshop results of the working group "Large carnivores" and to the thematic meeting of the 14th Danilo Re Trophy, which took place in Mittersill/Austria in March 2009. (...)

At the 33rd meeting of the World Heritage Committee held in Seville at the end of June 2009, the Committee voted to approve the application from the Dolomites. (...)

To mark World Environment Day on 5 June 2009, releases were made in two Alpine parks: one at Mallnitz in the Hohe Tauern National Park (Austria) and the other at Vignols in the Mercantour National Park (France), the latter attended by Prince Albert II of Monaco. (...)

Phenoclim builds a collective scientific and educational observation network about climate change in the Alps.
In autumn 2004, the Research Center on Alpine Ecosystems (CREA) launched the program "Phenoclim" for schools, NGOs, individuals and protected areas of all the Alps. (...)

This book counting 157 pages was recently published in the four Alpine languages and in English by the Permanent Secretary of the Alpine Convention. (...)

The international colloquium about the management of the large carnivores is approaching and together with it the publication of a new brochure about these emblematic animals of the two neighbouring massifs. (...)