Forty-two teams from the Alpine protected areas and two from the Carpathians (Romania and Serbia) gathered in the Slovenian town of Bled from 20-23 January, following an invitation of the Triglav national park and ALPARC, to compete in a number of sporting disciplines (shooting, cross-country skiing, giant slalom and ski mountaineering). (...)

The thematic seminar is an integral part of the Danilo Re Meet programme, alongside the sporting event and social gathering. This year's theme was "The work of the rangers — concrete activities for the implementation of the Alpine Convention". Rangers from various different parks gave presentations on the wealth of practical activities that their work entails. (...)

20 managers or representatives of almost 60 protected areas of the various Alpine countries are united around this fine project which will make available to all the protected areas a simple but fascinating tool to present the protected areas to the general public. But what is multivision ? (...)

Think about your protected area in 3D with pictures and texts, in 5 different languages, in around 20 expositions sites across the Alpine arc (Museum, visitors centres...).

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The Swiss network of parks and ALPARC (Alpine Network of Protected Areas) are organizing a workshop workshop from 16th till 18th of March 2011 in Marbach/Escholzmatt (Switzerland) on the subject of:

"Indicators of management effectiveness“ (...)

Logarska dolina is a valley on the north-eastern side of the Kamnik-Savinja Alps. It is a typical alpine glacial valley offering great views and sheltering the waterfall Rinka at its end, one of the highest waterfalls in Slovenia. To protect the nature of Logarska dolina, the former municipality Mozirje proclaimed Logarska dolina landscape park in 1987 together with a neighbouring valley Robanov kot. (...)

The Ecrins National Park/F has just been awarded the ‘Tourism and Disability’ label. Motor, sight, hearing or mental disabilities have all been taken into account in the design of the new visitors’ facilities of this Park House in the Valgaudemar valley. (...)

On 7 January 2011, eight candidate nature parks submitted formal applications to be recognised as parks of national importance. The Ticino region has also entered a second proposal for a national park, the Locarno Park. (...)

Tracking knowledge on ecological connectivity in the Alps: the 50 most important questions on ecological connectivity in Alps have just been identified (...)

The December 2010 issue of «eco.mont - Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research & Management» was recently completed and has been available since early December, online from the Austrian Academy of Sciences press and in a printed version from «Innsbruck University Press». (...)

As a protected area manager you are invited to contribute by organizing and registering your event(s). (...)