Mreža zavarovanih območij v Alpah
Changement climatique et espaces protégés alpins - rôle et actions
En hiver, les Alpes sont de plus en plus fréquentées par les pratiquants du ski de randonnée, du free-riding et des raquettes. Cela engendre un dérangement de la faune sauvage: le tétra-lyre, pour économiser son énergie, passe le plus clair de l'hiver dans un creux dans la neige, ce qui le protège aussi des prédateurs; cet hiver, à vous de choisir le bon tracé!
Pour en savoir plus sur l'initiative: www.bepartofthemountain.org/fr
Dear colleagues,
After the decision taken by the French Government over the COVID-19 matter, we decided that it was preferable to keep our offices in Chambery closed to protect our team. We will be working on our projects as usual, from home, and will still be available on our emails and mobile phones. Don't hesitate to write to : info@alparc.org for any matter. Please note that our regular office phone is not working.
Take care of yourself and have a nice day!
The ALPARC Team
This ATLAS is part of the INTERREG Alpine Space project ALPBIONET2030
It is a tool to a sustainable Alpine environmental policy.
The aim of this meeting is to increase mutual knowledge and analyse how EU institutions, EUROPARC, ENOS and other organisations can work together on European Policies to promote the value of outdoor sports and nature conservation for health, well-being and environmental sustainability.
The discussion will help us to:
The Forum will provide a platform for exchange, covering a wide range of perspectives, and capturing a diversity of visions. With this, it aims to redefine and set the agenda for biodiversity as a focal point over the next 10 years in current themes and topics across sectors.
In this, the Forum supports the “New Deal for Nature” to be forged by the Convention on Biological Diversity at the end of 2020. It is aligned with Sustainable Development Goals and achievement of which will require the involvement of all sectors/societal actors, societal consensus and collective search for solutions to conserve biodiversity.
On the 18th and 19th of February the Imperial Palace of Annecy (France) is hosting a conference on water resources in the Alps and how their management should adapt to climate change. This conference is organised by ASTERS Haute Savoie, in the framework of the French presidency of the Alpine Convention. You can find the full program here: Program Water Resources Conference
The EUSALP presidency is passing from Italy to France in this year.
The event will focus on sharing the priorities of the French presidency and collecting ideas over different topics like: sustainable tourism, green energy, biodiversity protection, agriculture...
The European Union Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP) involves 7 states and almost 50 regions. For these territories, the Alps with their foothills and lowlands represent a specific asset and challenge. Highly exposed to the consequences of climate change, the Alpine massif needs rapid responses. Tourism, biodiversity, agriculture, mobility, energy... EUSALP encourages innovative approaches adapted to mountain issues. Come participate and share common ambitions at the launch of the French presidency.
2020 is an important year for ALPARC: the association is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Nothing could have been better to start this year than celebrating the 25th edition of the Danilo Re Memorial.
The opening day
The Memorial opened on Thursday night, the 16th of January, with the greetings from representatives of local, national and international institutions acting in the Alpine context. In particular, apart from the traditional speech by ALPARC’s President, Peter Oggier, the Mayor of Kaprun, Manfred Gaßner, and the director of the ski lifts of Kitzsteinhorn, Norbert Karlsböck, together with the director of the National Park Hohe Tauern - Salzburg, Urban Wolfgang, took the floor to welcome all park rangers and the managers of Alpine Protected Areas in Kaprun’s beautiful scenery and its magnificent castle. Indeed, this year’s memorial was hosted by the Nationalpark Hohe Tauern - Salzburg whose headquarter is in Mittersill.
The greetings continued with speeches from the newly elected General Secretary of the Alpine Convention, Alenka Smerkolj, Maria Hutter, the councilor for the Salzburg Region and Valerie Zacherl-Draxler, the Head of the Department of National Parks and Nature Conservation at the Austrian Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism who we were honored to welcome in this beautiful Alpine event.
The evening closed with the presentation of the competing teams and the traditional Alpine buffet, that, like every year, gives the participants an opportunity to exchange and taste typical food from all around the Alps.
ALPARC General Assembly and Ranger Seminar
On Friday, the General Assembly of ALPARC and the rangers’ seminar took place. The morning was dedicated to the most important meeting of the year for the association. After a presentation of ALPARC’s 2019 Activity Report, the decisions for the general functioning of the association were taken in the general unanimity.
In the afternoon, the seminar “Alpine Rangers and Climate change - where the effects of global warming affect the daily work of alpine protected areas rangers” allowed the participants to gain insight on how to deal with climate change as protected area actors.
The Trophy
The 36 teams (for a total 144 athletes) competed for the Danilo Re Trophy during a snowy Saturday. Ski mountaineering, giant slalom, cross-country skiing and target shooting are the disciplines in which Alpine rangers and other people working for protected areas competed.
Here the results of the competition:
-Female teams: 1. Parc Naziunal Svizzer; 2. Aree Protette Alpi Marittime i; 3. Nationalpark Hohe Tauern Salzburg
-Male teams: 1. Parco Nazionale Gran Paradiso; 2. Nationalpark Hohe Tauern - Salzburg; 3. Nationalpark Hohe Tauern - Tirol.
The hosting park managed to have three teams on the podium, a great success for them. The Swiss National Park triumphed in the female teams’ competition while, on the other hand, the male team from the Gran Paradiso National Park reached the highest step of the podium, maintaining their position over the previous editions.
To close the Memorial, some words were given on the rangers that gave their life in the accomplishment of their tasks and a beautiful awards ceremony took place. We didn’t miss this opportunity for music and dancing in a warm climate of friendship and togetherness.
More from the event: https://www.facebook.com/MemorialTrofeoDaniloRe/
This is the document resulting from the Workshop Protected Areas and Tourism: New Approaches towards 2030.
It contains ideas and recommendation on how to manage tourism in protected areas with particular regard to nature sports.
With the support of the Regional nature park of Chartreuse, ALPARC organised a workshop on sustainable tourism in the Alps and the role of protected areas in its development.
The 5th of December, in the beautiful framework of Le Désert d'Entremont, the managers of various protected areas gathered to exchange and discuss on the topic of tourism in Alpine protected areas, its new trends and its impact on nature.
The current situation of tourism in the Alps
The morning was dedicated to four brief presentations – one from the parc of Chartreuse and three from ALPARC – that aimed at presenting the current situation of tourism in Alpine protected areas with some insights on specific issues that parks are currently facing. Like the phenomenon of over tourism in some destinations, the management of tourists flows and the central issue of balancing protection and promotion of protected areas. However, the workshop remained focused on nature sports and the role of protected areas in their sustainable management.
After lunch – a meal made up of typical products from the Chartreuse – the group took a walk around the Nordic ski station during which the history, the characteristics and the model of sustainable exploitation of the region were concisely explained and discussed.
Towards a new and common strategy of sustainable tourism
The afternoon was dedicated to fruitful exchanges in the form of a “world café” on three topics:
The participants not only brought to the table their knowledge from the parks they work for, but they furthermore elaborated on new ideas in order to face problems that persist in the whole Alpine region and especially for its protected areas.
This collection of ideas and practical suggestions has been synthesised and will serve to set the basis for new projects on tourism and protected areas at the macroregional level including, if possible, an Interreg Alpine Space project.
You can download the Decision Report of the workshop at the bottom of the article!
This action was financed by the CGET (France)
The final report on our project Destination Parks is now available and presents the general idea of the project, introduces case studies and comes up with a conclusion summing up the general outcomes and the discussions held during the final conference, which took place on September 11th, 2019.
The main issue seems to be the positioning of the protected areas towards the development of (sustainable) tourism and several relating aspects:
• What is the role of protected areas in tourism management?
• Improving the communication of the roles and contributions of parks towards sustainable tourism
• How to value the contribution of parks tourism towards sustainable regional development?
• What are the particularities of tourism in Alpine protected areas?
• How to develop of a common value system of Alpine protected areas regarding tourism?
It was concluded that it would be of general interest to continue working on this topic. The participating protected areas and other ALPARC members showed great interest in such a continued collaboration.
The complete report is available in English at the following link: http://alparc.org/alpine-resources/final-report-destination-parks