Dear colleagues and friends, 2009 has been a fruitful year, abounding in discussions, projects and ideas on how to strengthen international cooperation among the Alpine protected areas. The International Year of Biodiversity 2010 will be an opportunity to develop cooperation between protected area managers (...)

As every two years, ALPARC, the Alpine Network of the Protected Areas, prepares its new biennial working program. This new program, which will cover the period 2011-2012, is based on the needs expressed by the members of this network, that means all the alpine protected areas. (...)

The ALPARC "Joint communication and environmental education" working group is developing an attractive new communication tool for visitor centers in the Alpine Protected Areas. Multivision is a top-quality audiovisual experience. (...)

The first ALPARC workshop on mountain environmental education in the Alpine protected areas will be held on 19 and 20th October 2010 at Zernez in the Swiss National Park. The workshop has been organised in conjunction with REEMA.. (...)

A new tool available in the ALPARC Resource-Library: The Ecological Continuum Initiative just published online a catalogue of possible measures for improving ecological connectivity in English, French, German and Italian language. (...)

The international conference « Alpine Ecological Network: a response to climate change that will preserve biodiversity? » was held on 15th and 16th October 2009 in Berchtesgaden, Germany.
This event, organised by the Berchtesgaden National Park and the Alpine Network of Protected Areas, brought together 110 administrators of Alpine protected areas, international researchers, research institutes, academics etc.… (...)

The latest issue of eco.mont - Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research is now available. It features scientific articles from European mountain regions and the Himalayas, with articles on amphibians, visitor monitoring, information management, resource utilisation, and the perception of biodiversity changes. (...)

The all-new website of the Vanoise National Park in France is now online (...)

Amidst magnificent winter scenery, the Ecological Network Platform of the Alpine Convention held its fourth meeting on 1 December 2009 in Chamonix, France... (...)