Mreža zavarovanih območij v Alpah
Le REEMA, CIPRA France et ALPARC sont relais du programme international "Youth Alpine Dialogue" pour les Alpes françaises. A ce titre, nous recherchons des jeunes (15-18 ans et 18-30 ans) pour participer à ce projet original, convivial et porteur d'idées ! Nous comptons sur vous pour nous aider à créer un dialogue alpin vivant !
Plus d'information dans l'appel ci-joint.
eco.mont – Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management
publishes peer-reviewed articles on research within protected mountain areas and its potential interest for protected area management. Each issue also includes reports on management issues and showcases one protected area.
Editorial by Christoph Stadel
«This issue of eco.mont truly reflects the fact that protected areas are an important topic of international concern, are researched by scholars of different academic disciplines, and are also of great interest for many practitioners. While protected areas have been established in different terrestrial and maritime zones, they are particularly important in mountain regions, given their ecological and anthropogenic variety and their susceptibility to fragility and vulnerability. Different types of protected areas in mountains can be distinguished, ranging from small pockets of protected ecological niches to provincial and national parks, biosphere reserves, buffer zones, and even transnational protection corridors…»
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Editorial by Günter Köck
« The Alps, or rather the Hohe Tauern part of them, are at the heart of this issue. This is no coincidence, as in June 2013 the Hohe Tauern National Park Centre in Mittersill hosted the 5th Symposium for Research in Protected Areas, which attracted top scientists from 20 different nations. More than 150 researchers presented results of their work there and have elaborated some of these for the current issue. So it is only natural that Kristina Bauch and Ferdinand Lainer, both experts from Hohe Tauern National Park, should introduce ‘their’ park as the Case in Point. They demonstrate that research in the national park has always been a major concern and will continue to be so. In addition, Kupper et al. trace the long and stony path from the first conservation ideas to the implementation of Hohe Tauern National Park in 1995. This article summarizes Kupper et al.’s excellent book Geschichte des Nationalparks Hohe Tauern (Kupper & Wöbse 2013)…»
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Dear friends of the Alpine protected areas,
The network of Alpine protected areas is a success story of long years about the implementation of the Alpine Convention, which began as early as 1995 on French initiative, developed further in the following years and joined the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention in 2006 as the Task Force Protected Areas. A new stage began on 1st January 2014 with the formal independence and creation of the ALPARC association.
It has been the goal throughout all those years to interconnect the protected areas in the Alps and to strengthen the biodiversity and the sustainable development of our unique area of the Alps as a joint responsibility.
For the Alpine Convention this means that with ALPARC we can count on a strong partner, with whom we have many things in common. We also laid the foundation for the future by signing a Memorandum of cooperation. Our first task this year is to define concrete contents and joint projects, and to support one another as well as possible. ALPARC’s programme for the next two years contains a series of important ideas and plans, such as the continuation of the important work to further the development of the network, the youth work and the joint public relations work, just to name a few.
The protected areas are jewels of the Alps! Invaluable jewels! The protection of these areas and their valorisation must therefore continue to feature as a priority in implementing the Alpine Convention in the future.
I therefore look forward to the cooperation between the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention and ALPARC with a view to achieving our joint goals.
Yours,
Markus Reiterer
The Adamello Brenta Geopark hosted the nineteenth edition of the meet in memory of Danilo Re at Pinzolo (Val Rendena, Trentino, Italy) from 9th to 12th January 2014.
Danilo Re is a park warden from the Province of Cuneo (Piemont, Italy) who met his death in the line of duty in 1995. For many years now, the annual Danilo Re Meet has provided a major opportunity for all those working in Alpine Protected Areas to get acquainted with one another, in particular those in the field, carrying out surveillance, facilitation and fact-finding missions.
The 2014 edition attracted 150 participants who took part in sports competitions and a thematic seminar entitled “Meeting wildlife in Nature - Programs and initiatives for visitors of alpine protected areas - between conservation and valorisation of a resource”.
Results
The detailed results of the competitions are available under this link .
For the rankings of the teams that distinguished themselves, the Berchtesgaden National Park (D) came in first place, the Paneveggio Pale di San Marino Nature Park (I) in second place and the neighbouring national parks of Gran Paradiso (I) and Vanoise (F) shared the third place.
ALPARC carried out its first ordinary general assembly on 10th January 2014 in Pinzolo in the Adamello Brenta Natural Park (I) with its members from all Alpine countries present. The general assembly approved the official reports for 2013 of the President, Treasurer and Director, as well as the framework programme 2014-2019 and the working programme 2014.
The programme reflects ALPARC’s most important areas of action:
The presence of the General Secretary of the Alpine Convention, Markus Reiterer, has emphasised the close connection between ALPARC and the Alpine Convention, even after separation of the Task Force Protected Areas from the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention. ALPARC’s programme includes an intensive cooperation on various subjects to run from this year.
ALPARC, which will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year (founded by France in 1995), is an own entity from now onwards and has a team to further strengthen the cooperation between the administrators of the protected areas of all Alpine countries within the framework of the Alpine Convention. In addition to France and Germany that have supported ALPARC for a long time, this status should enable other Alpine countries too to become involved more pro-actively in the concrete implementation of the Convention.
On time for the general assembly, ALPARC could welcome its 40th member: the Binntal Nature Park in Switzerland, and coinciding with going to press for this newsletter the Slovenian Logar Valley Landscape Park registered as a new official ALPARC member. A warm welcome!
You can view the activity report 2013 as a pdf file at this link .
at the brand new visitors centre (Haus der Berge) of the Berchtesgaden National Park in the Bavarian Alps
Until then ALPARC will work with the members of this working group on different projects:
If you are in charge of environment education in an Alpine protected area and interested in the activities of this group open to all, please do not hesitate to contact marie.stoeckel(at)alparc.org.
We would like to invite all the Alpine protected areas to take advantage of the joint audiovisual production by including it into their programming for 2014. The multivision “For the Alps” can be screened as part of entertainment programmes of parks and reserves, at visitors’ centres or local events.
The multivision can be downloaded as .exe and .MP4 files in 3 resolutions and 3 different language versions (FDIS / FDIE / SDIE).
It will also be available on standard DVD and blu-ray in Spring 2014.
A free copy will be sent to each protected area of the ALPARC network.
20 management bodies of Alpine protected areas have accepted the challenge of uncovering the beauty and diversity of the Alps across borders in images and music. They have collected close to 10,000 photographs for this, mainly taken by park staff such as the wardens of the parks.
Thereafter, it was necessary to choose 400 photos from the wealth of images that illustrated at the same time the different countries, landscapes, parks, cultures, species, missions and activities from across the Alpine region. The multivision invites you to an amazing and moving journey from France to Slowenia!
Duration: 23 minutes
Producer: Alex Gordon Rowbotham
Original music composed by: Sandro Di Stefano
A production by ALPARC, the Alpine Network of Protected Areas
Financing: The multivision production has been co-financed by the partner protected areas who helped to create it (list below) and by:
The Nature Park Adamello Brenta (I), in collaboration with ALPARC, will organise from Thursday 9th to Sunday 12th January 2014 the 19th Memorial dedicated to Danilo Re,a ranger of the region of Cuneo (I) who died in the exercice of his function in the year 1995.
Since several years, the « Danilo Re Memorial » is an important occasion of meeting for the staffs of the alpine protected areas.
For more information: http://www.danilo-re.net
Find below the program 2014
Le Parc national du Mercantour, en partenariat avec Parcs nationaux de France, Futurikon Films et le Conseil Général des Alpes Maritimes, a organisé l’avant-première du film « Minuscule » qui a été tourné dans les Parcs nationaux du Mercantour et des Ecrins en 2010, 2011 et 2012.
Les écoles du Parc national ont été invitées à cette avant-première à Nice. Environ 530 élèves ont pu bénéficier de cette projection et de la rencontre avec les réalisateurs du film. Ils ont pu ainsi leur poser quelques questions techniques et sympathiques montrant ainsi leur intérêt et leur engouement pour le film.
Le Parc national du Mercantour a adhéré dès le début à la démarche de tournage car ce film s’inscrit dans une problématique qui est au cœur des missions des parcs nationaux : sensibiliser le plus grand nombre de personnes au respect de la biodiversité et à son importance pour les hommes. En effet, ce film permet de nous mettre à l’échelle de ces petites bêtes et de les appréhender dans leurs univers. Il permet aussi de valoriser les paysages magnifiques du Parc national du Mercantour et de donner envie d’aller le découvrir en le respectant !
Le Parc national du Mercantour, le Parc national des Ecrins et Parcs nationaux de France ont aussi participé à la création d'un site internet disponible à l'adresse: http://www.minuscule.com/fr/pages/home
Le film est à découvrir dans les salles à partir du 29 janvier 2014.
De nombreuses interfaces et dépendances existent entre la biodiversité et l’économie. De plus en plus souvent, outre les arguments écologiques, des arguments économiques sont invoqués pour justifier la protection de la biodiversité. Et les préoccupations pour la biodiversité se propagent dans les activités des entreprises - le potentiel se situe tout au long de la chaîne de valeur. Avec le congrès
du 17 janvier 2014 à Berne / CH, le Forum Biodiversité Suisse de l’Académie des sciences naturelles vous offre l’occasion d’échanger des connaissances et des expériences à l’interface entre la biodiversité et l’économie.
SWIFCOB – Dialogue entre acteurs de la biodiversité
Le Swiss Forum on Conservation Biology SWIFCOB réunit les différents acteurs des sciences et de la société dans le domaine de la biodiversité. Le congrès est une plate-forme d’échange dédiée aux défis à relever en matière de biodiversité. En outre, SWIFCOB a pour vocation de susciter le débat autour de sujets d’actualité liés à cette thématique. Le Forum Biodiversité Suisse de l’Académie des sciences naturelles (SCNAT) organise chaque année le congrès avec le soutien et la collaboration de différents partenaires.
Le congrès s’adresse aux experts de l’administration, des bureaux d’écologie appliquée et des ONG, aux entreprises et associations du secteur privé et aux scientifiques. Il est soutenu par l’OFEV et l’OFAG.
Vous trouverez le programme ci-dessous; nous vous invitons à vous inscrire : www.biodiversity.ch/f/events/swifcob
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Forum Biodiversität Schweiz / Forum Biodiversité Suisse
Akademie der Naturwissenschaften (SCNAT)
Schwarztorstr. 9
CH-3007 Bern
Vincent is an artist and baker, Anne a midwife, Claude a lumberjack, Lucie a farmer and literature teacher, Pierre a ski patroller… Thirty-one portraits “of the Alps” have been sketched by teams of researchers and photographers who attended the gathering of the residents of the seven regions of the Ecrins National Park.
These “characters of height” reveal all the humanity at home in the area of the Park.
Realised in the form of visual and audio portfolios, and returned to the public in the form of “little multimedia works”, the portraits use the material collected by the Centre for Alpine Orality.
“The challenge was twofold: on the one hand, to build a fund of testimony of the residents about their relationships with the area, and on the other hand, to make Little Multimedia Objects , then called “POM” (from French “Petits Objets Multimedia”) to promote the distribution and exchange surrounding the ways of life in this area and the general perceptions about it” explains Claude Dautrey, in charge of Culture & Education at the Ecrins National Park.
This work was realised by the Ecrins National Park on the occasion of its 40th anniversary and the Centre for Alpine Orality under their collaboration on the topics of memories and orality. An exhibition put together at the Musée Dauphinois in Grenoble (F) (until 31st May 2014) but requested to be shown in the area, reports about the research and the production to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Ecrins National Park.
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Following a meeting organized in October 2013 about Education for sustainable development in Nature parks, the Federation of Austrian Nature Parks (VNÖ) published in January 2014 a study dedicated to the topic.
ALPARC had the chance to contribute with the article ‘‘reflections, challenges and experiences in Alpine protected areas’’. A special thanks to the members of the working group “Mountain environmental education” for their contributions with information or illustrations.
French and German translations of the publication available below,
