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On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, ALPARC - the Alpine Network of Protected Areas, launches a contest titled “Connecting people, mountains and nature”. Since 1995, ALPARC has promoted an intensive exchange among the Protected Areas in the Alps and has enabled the Protected Areas to collaborate together in order to create solid links on shared goals and concerns.
The land art & photo contest “Connecting people, mountains and nature” aims to highlight individuals building the network ALPARC and to strengthen the link between people and nature. The contest involves staff members of the Alpine Protected Areas as well as the general public depending on the categories of the contest.
Registration for the contest is now open and participants can submit their pictures until the 20th of December 2015 at this link: http://alparc.org/photocontest/
The contest includes 3 categories. The first two categories incorporate the practice of Land Art.
1. LAND ART SELF-PORTRAIT
Within this category, the participants are invited to create their “land art self-portrait” by using natural materials. The objective is to highlight the human side of the network by showing the faces of the people who work behind the administrations and organizations of the parks and reserves in the Alps.
This category is reserved to staff members of the Protected Areas only.
Important: the participants must check first if the practice of land art is allowed in the place they have chosen for their artwork.
2. THEMATIC LAND ART ILLUSTRATION
In this category, people are invited to illustrate and express in a creative and original way the slogan “Connecting people, mountain and nature” by the means of Land Art, using natural materials. The main aim is to invite people to go out in the nature and create a Land Art work, share their creations and visions and be aware of the importance to be in contact with nature.
This category is open to the general public, everybody can participate.
Important: the participants must check first if the practice of land art is allowed in the place they have chosen for their artwork.
3. “MY FAVOURITE PLACE IN A PROTECTED AREA” – TEXT & PICTURE
In this category, participants are invited to send a photograph of their favorite place in an alpine Protected Area: a spot they have a special connection with, a place where they feel happiest or with a special story or memory... The place shown in the picture can be a very specific natural or cultural element, or a landscape.
This category is open to the general public, everybody can participate.
Participants are asked to send their picture with a short text, to explain the reasons of their choice, to express the emotion or feelings linked to this place and/or to tell the story behind it.
Send us your best picture, impress the jury, and maybe you are the winner of one of our great prizes.
The participation is free of charge. For further information, rules and prizes related to each category, please read the “Terms and Conditions”.
Les 9e Rencontres Alpines® du Centre de la Nature Montagnarde se dérouleront cette année autour du thème du Changement Climatique. Elles se tiendront à Sallanches du 16 au 26 Novembre
Pour plus d’informations :
www.rencontresalpines.org
www.centrenaturemontagnarde.org
Tél. : 04 50 58 32 13
Alpine resources will play a crucial role in the development of the Alpine region. They generate genuine ownership as well as technological, social and cultural innovation, and economic valuation. Due to the natural, social, cultural and economic aspects of Alpine resources, they are key to sustainable development in the region.
The eleventh ForumAlpinum 2014 (17.-19. September 2014 in Darfo Boario Terme -Val Camonica, Italy)was jointly organised by the International Scientific Committee for Alpine Research ISCAR and the Mountain University in Edolo, an interdepartmental centre of the University of Milan, Italy. The forum was supported by the Italian Council of Ministries and the Lombardy Region.
The proceedings provide insights into ongoing and planned research, concepts and actions that focus on the use, valorisation and management of Alpine resources. The main results of ForumAlpinum 2014 can be summarised in three statements: (1) Alpine resources create relevant assets for (sustainable) regional development. (2) Additional efforts are needed to ensure a sustainable use of Alpine resources. (3) Mountain-related resource policies are required.
The proceedings in English of this wide-ranging conference, published by the Austrian Academy of Sciences ÖAW, are now available here: http://epub.oeaw.ac.at/ForumAlpinum14
The Italian version was published by Biblion Edizioni and is available here: http://www.unimontagna.it/web/uploads/2015/10/Proceedings_ITA_ForumAlpinum.pdf
Reference:
Giorgi A, Borsdorf A, Köck G & Scheurer T (eds.) (2015) Alpine resources: use, valorisation and management from local to macro-regional scale. Proceedings of the ForumAlpinum 2014 in Darfo Boario Terme (Italy). Austrian Academy of Sciences.
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7001-7855-2. DOI: 10.1553/forumalpinum2014.
Source: Newsletter Proceedings ForumAlpinum 2014 "Alpine resources" online
Christophe Viret is the new director of the Mercantour National Park.
Mr Viret replaces Mr Alain Braindeis who held the position of director during the last 7 years.
The new director, working actually at the CGET (Commissariat Général à l’Egalité des Territoires) will officially take up his duty the 1st January 2016.
ALPARC welcomes the new director of the Mercantour National Park.
This brochure presents the long-term cooperation between protected areas in the Alps and the Carpathians that has officially existed since 2002, the International Year of Mountains. Following a political initiative, ALPARC guided the creation of the Carpathian Network of Protected Areas (CNPA), for which its own organisation served as a model. Many joint activities and exchange meetings were organized during the last 13 years. This publication presents an overview and evaluation of this partnership.
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Organized in the frame of the 20 years’ celebration of ALPARC, the workshop 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.
the detailed programme is available for download below
16:00 Arrival and Welcome in the House of the Mountains
16:30 Guided Visit of the house of the Mountains (Haus der Berge) by Michael Vogel,
director of the National Park and ALPARC President
18:30 Alpine Aperitif “The Best of the Alps”
Projection of the Multivision “For the Alps”
Every participant brings a speciality from his/her region (drink & food, sweet & salty)
20:00 Common official Dinner invitation by Germany (BMUB)
8:30 Official Welcome by local authorities, the Alpine Convention and its Presidency and ALPARC
Introduction
9:30 The future of the protected areas – challenges and visions in an alpine context
key-notes speeches and discussion with the plenary – a shared vision for the future
14:00 Presentation of the paper proposal “Alpine Protected Areas 2030”
14:45 World Café session
– Excursion ( in parallel to the Alparc Council meeting)
– Permanent Committee of the Alpine Convention, participation of a delegation of the ALPARC council and Excursion
Berchtesgaden National Park - Germany
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
