Le Réseau Alpin des Espaces Protégés
After several premiere screenings of the multimedia show "For the Alps" , presented by the project partners throughout the European Day of Parks on 24 May 2012 in Berchtesgaden, Bled, Bohinj, Cevo, Chambéry, Domodossola, Embrun, Leuk, Matrei in Osttirol, Mojstrana, Mölln, Nice, Sondrio, St.Gallen/Steiermark, Trenta, Varzo, Vezza d'Oglio, Verbania… further demonstrations are planned by the partners and their protected areas during the current summer season, sporadic events, as well as regular demonstrations in the visitor centers in the parks.
ALPARC will present the multivision show in Poschiavo, Switzerland, from 5 to 8 September 2012, as part of the AlpWeek 2012 and its General Assembly . Following these events the multivision will be provided for free to all Alpine protected areas of the network.
We invite you to consult the website for the multivision show , to be informed about the latest presentation of the show in your area.
For further information, visit and look at :
- the last article: The multivision “For the Alps”: an original and unique audiovisual event
- the press release and list of partners can be found at the bottom of the attached documents
- and http://multivision.alparc.org .
Are you interested to present the multivision? Just send us a message to: multivision@alparc.org
In our newsletter « Nr 40 – special edition: The future of ALPARC », we have launched a call for testimonials to gather your experiences, messages of support, arguments, memories, anecdotes… showing what the Alpine Network of Protected Areas can provide for the staff of national parks and nature reserves in the Alps, especially with regard to their daily work. We would like to thank all the numerous persons which have sent their testimonials!
We appeal to you: tell us of your experience with ALPARC, and what the network (its meetings, its instruments and its publications…) has given you.
There are two ways to do this:
- Call one of staff member of the Alparc team on +33 (0)4 79 26 55 00 to leave a spoken account (in all languages* except Slovene)
- Send your written account (in all languages*) by email to info(at)alparc.org : a few words can be enough!
MERCI !
*Alparc working languages = French, German, Italian, Slovene, English
Since 2011 ALPARC’s postcard collection increased thanks to the creation of additional cards of the following protected areas:
- the Alpine Park Karwendel , Austria
- the 9 nature reserves in Haute-Savoie, managed by ASTERS in France
- the Chartreuse Regional Nature Park , France
In addition, we have dedicated a postcard to the mulivision show “For the Alps” . This card exists in five languages and will be distributed by the organisers during the multivision projection. On the postcard’s backside you will find a web link that allows you to see the multivision show online (the multivision will not be on disposal for the public in DVD format. That’s why we offer the web link to all spectators and visitors of the parks information centres for giving them the possibility to watch the show at home).
The postcard collection has reached a high popularity among the public and shows in a simple but aesthetic way the diversity of the Alpine protected areas – not only each one individually but as well the connection within the network.
We would like to remind you, that all models of the postcards are available and free to print for all alpine protected areas.
The Green Mountain project continues! The 21 of June 2012 the SEE project Green Mountain European dissemination
conference will take place in Bucharest, Romania.
For further information, you can find attached the draft agenda of the event.
In preparation for the IUCN World Conservation Congress , which will be held this year in September in South Korea, ALPARC’s president and Berchtesgaden National Park’s director Michael Vogel was invited in late April to a work meeting by the Korean Society of Environment and Ecology, the South Korean Ministry of Environment, the Korea National Park Service and the University of Seoul.
Michael Vogel, as a specialist of the German Alpine National Park and the Alpine Network of Protected Areas gave already two years ago a lecture in Korea about the Alpine Space project ECONNECT and presented this year in addition to his experience and results on the topics of national park management, ecological network in the Alpine region, the importance of protected areas in regional development as well the core results and resulting demands of ECONNECT.
Next to Korean national park managers, he established a contact to representatives of Japanese and Chinese reserves, which are highly interested and very keen to work with the Alpine Network of Protected Areas and the Carpathian Network of Protected Areas in the perspective of the creation of an Asian network of protected areas.
Michael Vogel, who was praised as an expert for eating with chopsticks, thinks: "It seems to be only a matter of time before ALPARC will get an Asian "brother" and the first joint meeting between ALPARC, the Carpathian Network and an Asian network."
ALPARC is pleased to present the multivision "for the Alps", an audiovisual production built around more than 400 photographs painstakingly selected from the 10,000 shots taken and shortlisted by park officers in nearly 60 protected areas. These areas are represented by 20 management bodies who are full partners in this unique creative piece.
“For the Alps” pays visual tribute to the diversity found in the Alps: landscapes, cultures, habitats, lifestyles, and the potential for creating links between these areas that are slowly being fragmented.
Like a sensible and aesthetic testimony, “for the Alps” is the basic of the dialog between local actors, protected areas administrator and visitors. The multivision takes the viewer on an unusual journey through the Alps, travelling from the lofty mountain heights to inhabited areas, from East to West, North to South. It is like being picked up and carried along at the will of the four winds.
The production will be premiered on 24 May 2012, the European Day of Parks. Twenty protected areas in six Alpine countries will screen the multivision production created by Alex Gordon Rowbotham and set to original music by Sandro di Stefano.
You can find all the projection events and further information at this link.
The multivision « for the Alps » is a joint project of ALPARC and around 20 managers or networks of Alpine protected areas.
From the 24 of May on, this common communication tool will be distributed by all 20 partners in their territory over the whole summer season and it will be subsequently placed at the disposal of all Alpine protected areas.
30 of April 2012: bear M13 were run over by a train
The bear M13 survived the collision with the train of Rhätischen Bahn (RhB). By this incident, the GPS transmitter, the bear was equipped with, destroyed.
2nd of May: bear may be evidenced in Oberengadin
Rangers of the national park could find traces of a bear in the area S-chanf at the 2nd of May. One day later, the 3rd of May, traces were also found in Bever. So for the first time a bear could have been seen in Oberengadin. Until now it is not for sure which bear has been sighted. It cannot be excluded that it was the bear M13, which is still in Unterengadin since his collision with the train.
Communiqué de presse complet en allemand, 7 mai 2012
Suisse National Park
Wilderness areas are almost virgin spaces, without any human touch.
To permit a transmission to the future generations of entirely intact natural spaces, we have to conserve them and, as far as possible, to restore areas of savage nature.
In the frame of the partnership “together for biodiversity”, the Austrian office of forests and WWF realized an enquiry of experts at this subject, containing ecological as well as social and politic aspects.
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You can download this document (only in German language) at the following link: |
In the year 1914, the first Alpine national park was founded: the Suisse National Park . At the entrance of the valley Engadin, in the canton of Grisons, for almost 10 years the national park was the only protected area in the Alps. Then the National Park Gran Paradiso in Italy and the Triglav National Park in Slovenia followed.
Nature protection became more and more important. Some nature reserves were developed from the year 1925 on (the first one in the Triglav National Park), but the main part of the Alpine protected areas came out after 1952, the year of the foundation of the International Commission for the protection of the Alps (CIPRA).
Within the signing of the Alpine Convention in 1991, 6 Alpine countries, which have signed the convention, have already created 10 national parks, 46 regional nature parks, 235 nature protection areas and 139 special protected areas. Furthermore the UNESCO has recognised 5 protected areas as biosphere reserves.
Nowadays there are around 1000 protected areas (> 100 ha) united in the network ALPARC, in the perimeter of the Alpine Convention and its surroundings.
You can see the animation about the historical development of the Alpine protected areas at this link !
For further information, please look at our webpage (www.alparc.org) or contact us directly by mail: info@alparc.org .
The Regional Nature Park Biosfera Val Müstair, UNESCO biosphere reserve since June 2010 (common with SNP) represents a sort natural of buffer zone for both of the old and important protected core zones of the National Parks Swiss and Stelvio/I. Since January 2011 it is recognized regional nature park of national importance.
This evolution is founded on a strong mobilization of its population, in which the acceptance of the nature Park was democratically approved in 2007 by 88%. One of the most important administrative steps was the unit of 6 municipalities since January 2009.
The various economic structures in Val Müstair are widespread; nevertheless tourism represents the highest potential of economic growth.
The intact landscape in Val Müstair offers a high quality of life. The river Rombach, one of the last free-flowing main valley rivers in Switzerland, and a high number of biologically-managed agricultural farms (80%) suggest a conscious and active cooperation of the valley inhabitants in the service of the natural resources.
The culture offer is also considerable: the internationally known UNESCO World Cultural Heritage St. Johann Monastery, an important number of museums and also the undamaged sites with the magnificent houses decorated with graffito are always a feast for the eyes for the visitor. The traditional language of Val Müstair is Romansch, to be precise “Jauer”. The language is officially spoken in everyday life and has remained alive up to the present.
AREVAIR IN VAL MÜSTAIR!
BIOSFERA…natüralmaing!
BIOSFERA VAL MÜSTAIR
Center da Biosfera - Chasa Cumünala
7532 Tschierv
Tel. +41 (0)8 18 50 09 09
Fax +41 (0)8 18 50 13 13
E-Mail: info@biosfera.ch
Homepage: www.biosfera.ch
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Further information:
Located in the Swiss cantons of Vaud and Fribourg, stretching from the Vaud riviera (Montreux) to Bulle, from Gstaad to Gruyères, the Gruyère Pays d'Enhaut Regional Natural Park is an unspoiled rural area in the foothills of the Alps but has also been a popular tourist destination since the 19th century.
Most of the park lies between 800m and 2,000m above sea level. It is home to a patchwork of villages, hamlets, meadows, summer grazing, mountainous areas and woodland. The park boasts a wealth of different landscapes, wildlife and plant life. Outstanding biotopes and geotopes bear witness to the unspoiled nature of the zones that are so vital for a rich variety of flora and fauna, including the Vanil Noir, Pierreuse, and Étivaz valley reserves, all of which are managed by the Pro Natura organisation.
Dairy farming is the mainstay of agriculture with around 230 farms in the area (over 26 million kilos per annum). There are three registered cheeses: L'Étivaz AOC, Gruyère AOC and Vacherin Fribourgeois AOC. The regional economy is built around tourism (ski resorts, sports and leisure, hotels and second homes) with a variety of focal points in the area.
The Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d’Enhaut association was formed in February 2006 with the aim of creating and managing a regional natural park. The organisation had two founding principles: compliance with the federal decree requiring local authorities to have decision-making powers and a commitment to involving local stakeholders. Thus the local authorities have more to contribute in terms of coordination and replication whilst the agricultural, tourism and business sectors will be involved in practical actions and projects.
In order to qualify for the "park of national importance" label, the project will be officially registered in January 2011 when the charter setting out the size and geographic area of the Park, its financing, activities and objectives is lodged. The charter comprises three documents: the Park contract (setting out the financial and strategic links between the local authorities and the association: boundaries, organisational structure and mandate, local authority funding), a description of the Park area and the management plan for the operational phase (the ten-year period covered by the park label, effective from 2011), which combines a ten-year plan and a four-year action plan.
Gruyère Pays-d’Enhaut Regional Natural Park
Place du Village 6
CH – 1660 Château-d’Œx
Tel. +41 26 924 76 93
Fax. +41 26 924 79 97
info@pnr-gp.ch
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Name of protected area |
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Managing body (if different) |
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Country |
Switzerland |
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Area (ha) |
50 246 |
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Year of creation |
2011 |
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UICN category |
- |
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Legal basis |
Proposal for regional natural park (park of national importance) |
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Regions covered |
Fribourg canton (Jogne and Intyamon valleys), Vaud canton (Pays d'Enhaut, Rochers de Naye). |
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Number of municipalities |
14 |
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Highest point (m) |
2 548 |
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Lowest point (m) |
372 |
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Population |
12,585 inhabitants (2009) |
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Forested land |
c. 20,000 ha |
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Glacier |
0 ha |
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Pasture land |
c. 17,000 ha |
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Prevailing landscapes |
Landscapes typical of Alpine foothills made up largely of woodland, meadows, grazing, cliffs and scree. Combination of villages, hamlets and summer grazing land. |
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Emblematic fauna |
Ibex, chamois, marmot, three-toed woodpecker, rock ptarmigan, black grouse and whinchat. |
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Emblematic flora |
Narcissus radiiflorus, willow gentian, Alpine columbine, St Bruno's lily |
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Major tourist attractions |
Château de Chillon, Le Grand Chalet de Rossinière (home of the painter Balthus), demonstrations of cheese-making (Col de Jaman, Maison de l'Etivaz), nature reserves (Vanil Noir, La Pierreuse, Vallée de l’Etivaz) |
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Information centre(s) (quantity, name, topics) |
First information centre to be opened in spring 2011. Other visitor centres are planned and will be set up at key locations in the park. |
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Website |
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Number of employees |
6 plus interns |
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Getting there |
From Bulle: TPF train (towards Montbovon) and Charmey bus. |
During the last Alpine Conference in March 2011 the Alpine Convention officially nominated 8 pilot regions for ecological connectivity in the Alps. One of these regions, the ecoregion Alpe Veglia ed Alpe Devero (Italy), has now been enlarged on both sides of the boarder in the area of the mythic Simplon.
Together the Swiss and Italian partners have started first steps to launch activities in favor of ecological connectivity following the common alpine approach developed by the Ecological Continuum Initiative and the Econnect project.
Besides the evaluation of the area carried out according to the criteria developed by the Platform Ecological Network of the Alpine Convention that could be finalized with success at the beginning of the year, an analysis is been realized with the online mapping tool JECAMI that will allow to define the potential of the area concerning ecological connectivity and to develop a list of concrete actions that should be started.
An important international event is planned for May 2012 that will bring together the most important actors of the area and that will also be the occasion to start the activities in synergy with all concerned sectors.
Photo description: Panoramic sight to the Alpe Veglia (village of Aione, 1752 m). In the front, an irrigation canal carved in a larch trunk.