Mreža zavarovanih območij v Alpah
If you are a photographer then don't hesitate to participate in the first contest "Photo Nature" organized the Contamines Montjoie in partnership with the Nature Reserve/ASTERS and the magazine Terre Sauvage.
This first edition will focus on winter wildlife.
Information, conditons and registration:
http://photo.events.lescontamines.com/concours-photo-nature
La diversité des cultures est un enjeu croissant pour les communes. L’intégration est une préoccupation majeure. Pour réussir, elle a besoin d’une large mobilisation.
Les facteurs essentiels : l’apprentissage de la langue, le logement, l’emploi, mais aussi l’accueil et la mobilisation dans le nouvel environnement.
La conférence propose aux communes d’identifier et de discuter des voies possibles pour soutenir ce processus. Nous vous invitons à découvrir des exemples de bonnes pratiques, à échanger avec d’autres communes, à présenter vos expériences et à chercher conjointement des solutions. Cette conférence est la deuxième manifestation du projet « Vivre.Ensemble dans les Alpes » financé par la Présidence allemande de la Convention alpine 2015-2016.
Vous trouverez le programme détaillé et le formulaire d’inscription sur www.alpenallianz.org
ALPARC's first 2016 Council Meeting will be held in the Principality of Monaco on Thursday 7th and Friday 8th April 2016.
A group of around 15 people will get together to discuss various points such as the finances, the work programm and the projects.
Feedback from the international “Wildlife and winter sport activities” workshop
3rd and 4th March 2016, Lescheraines (Massif des Bauges Regional Nature Park (RNP) FR). Organised by the Massif des Bauges RNP, ASTERS and ALPARC
Throughout the Alpine arc, sports and leisure activities have mushroomed as never before. Ski touring, free riding, trekking with or without snowshoes, practised by amateurs or sportspeople during the winter, have become widespread in our societies and all over the Alps.
While open-air activities are beneficial to humans, they do have significant negative impact on mountain wildlife. Species such as mountain galliformes, chamois and ibex, as well as the mountain hare, have become the involuntary targets of this disturbance. Many scientific studies have clearly demonstrated this impact (see the workshop presentations of Friday 4th March). So, how can winter sports activities be reconciled with the preservation of wildlife? How can those who practise such activities be made aware of this reality? Is coexistence possible and under what conditions?
A large variety of initiatives across the Alps
Currently, different initiatives, from national to local level, are being undertaken across the Alps. They relate to monitoring studies and methods, management measures or awareness raising campaigns for those who practise winter sports. Even if they come from different spheres, those stakeholders concerned today acknowledge the extent of the problem and its potential development, a factor that calls for action on different fronts.
A selection of current studies and initiatives was presented and discussed during the international “Wildlife and winter sport activities” workshop. This workshop was the first of its kind and brought together a large number of participants (around 50), coming from different fields across the Alpine arc (6 countries were represented): governments, Alpine Clubs, scientists, environmental NGOs and, of course, the protected areas. For those taking part it was an opportunity to present their at times creative initiatives, to discuss practices and to pool knowledge, experiences and ideas.
As for the initiatives, there have been large-scale awareness-raising campaigns such as the “Respektiere Deine Grenzen” campaign (“Respect your Limits”) which has been carried out by the Voralberg (AT) federal state government for more than 10 years now, or the “Respecter c’est protéger” (“To Respect is to Protect”) campaign, an adaptation of that campaign at a national level in Switzerland and supported by the Swiss Alpine Club and the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN. These two campaigns stand out by their political will to support this approach using significant means. Herbert Erhart from the Vorarlberg region explains: “We have chosen to say: Yes, nature is worth these efforts”.
On the other hand, diverse initiatives are being carried out in the Alpine protected areas in their own territories, bringing in other different local stakeholders. Examples of this are the Gesäuse National Park (Styria, AT), the Triglav National Park (SI), the Mont Avic Nature Park (IT), the transborder Nagelfluhkette Nature Park (Bavaria/Vorarlberg, DE/AT) and the Bauges RNP: management of visitors by marking out and demarcating quiet areas is generally accompanied by awareness-raising actions targeting different types of activity (see presentations of Thursday 3rd March). The workshop has proved that the protected areas play a key role in the development of these measures in the Alps as they are at one and the same time mediators in approaches to governance and pilot regions for innovative practices which can spread beyond the parks themselves.
During the workshop there was an opportunity to see a local measure implemented by the Bauges RNP: the setting up of a perimeter of protection for the wintering areas of the black grouse at the Col de Chérel.
A single will: one common approach for the Alps
It is clear that, for the moment, approaches and initiatives are scattered over the Alpine territory, developed and carried out in very assorted ways. Some territories have made more progress than others with respect to the different lines of intervention: monitoring, management of visitors and awareness-raising. In Italy, for example, awareness-raising campaigns and actions remain limited. Nonetheless the problem is the same throughout the Alpine arc.
So, the delegates identified one central need during the discussions: the need to pool experiences and advances and develop a common approach on an Alpine level, from monitoring to visitor management to a common form of communication, while at the same time mobilising the different stakeholders and interested parties. Such a project would guarantee greater visibility of the issue, awareness-raising of greater impact and a better quality of management throughout the Alps. A common approach would moreover contribute to more coherence and cohesion in the Alpine arc.
A first step in this direction was taken during the workshop: delegates expressed their wish to set up a working group on this theme in order to work in networks on an international scale, go into some ideas in depth and develop a common project.
Acknowledgements
A big thank you to all the delegates for attending and for the rich, animated exchanges and discussions! Thanks also to the Bauges RNP and Asters teams for organising the workshop, and in particular to the Bauges RNP for hosting the event in their territory.
Alpine protected areas contributing
The Gesäuse National Park (Styria, AT), The Triglav National Park (SI), the Mont Avic Regional Park (IT), the transborder Nagelfluhkette Nature Park (Bavaria /Vorarlberg, DE/AT), the Massif des Bauges Regional Nature Park (FR), ASTERS Conservatory natural areas of Haute Savoie (FR)
To read the full report on the workshop, see below:
This section includes the part 2/2 of the Powerpoint presentations shown during the Workshop Wildlife and winter sport activities " Your space of freedom - my living space" that took place the 3rd and 4th of March 2016 in Lescheraines, Massif des Bauges Regional Nature Park (France)
This section includes the part 1/2 of the Powerpoint presentations shown during the Workshop Wildlife and winter sport activities " Your space of freedom - my living space" that took place the 3rd and 4th of March 2016 in Lescheraines, Massif des Bauges Regional Nature Park (France)
Mountains 2016 is an international event aiming to promote sustainable development in mountains, based on science, knowledge, and innovation.It will be held from October 3rd 2016 to October 7th 2016 in Brangça, Portugal.
Mountains 2016 will combine two different events:
All details can be found on the website http://cimo.esa.ipb.pt/mountains2016/
Gentiana et le CBNA organisent les Rencontres botaniques alpines 2016 qui se tiendront du 28 au 30 avril prochain à Grenoble.
« La place de la flore dans l'aménagement du territoire »
Toutes les informations ainsi que le programme sont disponibles sur le site Internet http://www.gentiana.org/page:RBA
As from 1st January 2016, the two Italian natural parks Marguareis and Alpi Marittime are officially considered to form one park, managed by the body “Ente di gestione delle aree protette delle Alpi Marittime”. Against this background they hosted the 21st edition of the Danilo Re Memorial in Chiusa di Peso (Cuneo - Italy) from 21st au 24th January 2016.
More than 165 people (park rangers and employees of the Alpine protected areas) gathered together for this 21st edition of this festive event now not to be missed by any of those who take part. The lack of snow did not prevent the competition from being a real success and the Italians’ good humour only added to the joyful spirit of this Memorial. This year the park where Danilo Re, the park ranger to whom the event is dedicated, worked, hosted the Memorial.
Lastly, this year the delegates had the opportunity to take part in the international conference organised within the context of the European Life WolfALPS project and having the theme “The wolf population in the Alps: status and management”. In one session devoted to the experiences of the protected areas in wolf management, some parks showed videos depicting the various activities implemented for the management of the species in their territory. The conference was organised in collaboration with the Italian delegation of the Alpine Convention, who also hosted the meeting of the WISO platform meeting.
>> See the videos of the parks on “practical wolf management”
Results
The results of the competitions in detail can be found on the Memorial website at this link.
This year the alliance formed by the Vanoise National Park (F) and the Gran Paradiso National Park (I) came first in the overall ranking, and the two teams of the Swiss National Park took the second and third places.
Once more, congratulations to all who took part!
The 22nd edition will be held in the Gesäuse National Park in Austria from 26th to 29th January 2017.
Wolf Management in Practice: Protected Areas’ Experiences
The fourth ALPARC General Assembly was held on 22nd January 2016 in Cuneo in Italy, in the context of the 21st Danilo Re Memorial which took place from Thursday 21st to Sunday 24th January 2016 in Chiusa di Pesio (Italy) in the Marguareis Natural Park/ Alpi Marittime Natural Park.
More than 50% of the network’s members were represented and the General Assembly validated the official reports of the president, treasurer and director for 2015 as well as the ALPARC programme for 2016-2017.
For your information, the 2015 activities report can be downloaded at this link (in French here):
To access the German, Italian or Slovene versions of the activity report, change the language of this article in the menu above.
ALPARC will direct its strategies as follows:
During the General Assembly the year‘s communication activities to celebrate ALPARC‘s 20th anniversary were also recalled, such as for example the Photo and Land Art contest. The success of the first edition of the “Youth at the Top” project was widely praised after the showing of the retrospective video.
Various problematics were also broached, such as the management of water or again the impact of global warming on protected areas. ALPARC will, of course, be responding to the needs of its members.
In the afternoon delegates attended the conference entitled Life Wolf ALPS, its theme being “The wolf population in the Alps: status and management”. The conference was organised in collaboration with the Italian delegation of the Alpine Convention, who also hosted the meeting of the WISO platform.
The InnovAlps projects is searching for innovative approaches to regional development in Alpine protected areas. Through mutual learning, the project aims at supporting the exchange of knowledge on related topics between protected areas. In the first six months of 2016 ALPARC organizes three benchlearning workshops in three selected pilot regions: in the Tiroler Lech Nature park (AT), Pfyn-Finges Nature park (CH) and in the Baronnies provençales Regional nature park (FR).
The workshops in the pilot regions bring together stakeholders from all three pilot regions and further regional stakeholders. The aim is to present innovative and creative ideas and projects, to exchange on working methods and to identify together success factors, needs and chances. The results of the project will be presented at the final conference in Switzerland in September, entitled “Innovation for regional development in Alpine protected areas: Knowlegde and experiences”.
The final conference will also be the occasion to hear about related examples and experiences from other protected area regions. The project is supported by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment FOEN.
Your contribution
Within the framework of InnovAlps, ALPARC starts an online survey on regional development and innovation in Alpine protected areas by mid-February.
Protected areas interested in exchanging their experiences in this field at the final conference can already contact us.
Contact: Dominik Cremer-Schulte
Dates
| Workshop 1 | 20/21 April 2016 | Naturpark Tiroler Lech |
| Workshop 2 | 11/12 May 2016 | Naturpark / Parc naturel Pfyn-Finges |
| Workshop 3 | 21/22 June 2016 | Parc naturel régional des Baronnies provençales |
| Final conference | 29/30 September 2016 | Naturpark / Parc naturel Pfyn-Finges |
ALPARC, la CGET et la Fédération des Parcs Naturels Régionaux de France organisent une réunion du groupe de suivi national des parcs alpins français qui aura lieu le mercredi 2 mars 2016 (après-midi) à Chambéry dans la Maison des Parcs et de la Montagne.
Cette rencontre veut favoriser une bonne coordination des parcs alpins français au sein du réseau international d’ALPARC.
Seuls les représentants des espaces protégés et leurs partenaires institutionnels sont admis.
Inscriptions avant le 26/02/2016 par mail à info@alparc.org
