Alpine Convention

🖥️📊 Every two years, the VAO Symposium facilitates the exchange of the latest research findings and future collaborative research pursuits in the Alps. Join the 2025 Symposium in Kaprun (Austria) for two days of transdisciplinary exchange, developing future research ideas and projects, and guiding the network's direction and impact in the coming years! Date: 2-4 April 2025 Venue: Burg Kaprun, Austria Registration deadline: 25 February ℹ️ https://loom.ly/zZMtcMY #AlpineResearch #VirtualAlpineObservatory #VAOSymposium

💻 Join the Copernicus ECMWF Climate Change Service and the Alpine Convention for an online workshop dedicated to exploring climate data and services with a focus on stakeholders from the Alpine region! 🗓️ 11 March 2025 🕑 14:00-17:00 More information and registration link below 👇 #ClimateResilientAlps #ClimateData #Webinar

What are some of the key challenges linked to land take in the Alpine region? What are some best practices for managing growth and shrinkage? ⬆️⬇️ These and other questions were addressed by our Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development Working Group as part of its 2021-22 mandate. The group prepared a report on the topic of ‘Land take in the Alpine region’ which emphasises the need for better monitoring tools and stronger efforts to meet 2030 and 2050 sustainability goals ✅ 📄 Read the report here: https://loom.ly/4GJL0TQ #SustainableDevelopment #SpatialPlanning #AlpineConvention

The Alpine Convention's Soil Protection Working Group has been working on many relevant topics over the past years - in its 2021-2022 mandate, for example, it focused on promoting sustainable soil management 🌱♻️ To support this effort, the Alpine Convention provided additional translations of the FAO's Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management. The guidelines are now available in French, German, Italian, and Slovenian, making them more accessible to a wider audience. 🔗 You can find all the language versions on our website: https://loom.ly/ccpBkUE #SustainableSoilManagement #SoilProtection #AlpineConvention

🌄 Tourism in the Alps is not just about breathtaking views - it is about building a future that balances nature, culture, and economy. Today is Global Tourism Resilience Day, a chance to reflect on and celebrate the resilience of Alpine tourism and the projects that make it sustainable! Approximately 120 million people visit the Alps each year, presenting both an opportunity and a challenge. While tourism is a major source of income for the region, the influx of visitors can also affect local communities, making it essential to adopt a balanced approach through sustainable tourism. This goal is enshrined in the Alpine Convention’s Tourism Protocol, which commits the Contracting Parties to adopt measures to encourage more sustainable tourism, taking into account the interests of both local populations and tourists 📜 💡 There are many examples of how more resilient and future-oriented models of tourism are being implemented across the Alpine region – the project BeyondSnow or the Mountaineering Villages initiative are just two examples. Learn more about resilient tourism in the Alps: https://loom.ly/ucrr5Jw #GlobalTourismResilienceDay #AlpineConvention #SustainableTourism

🎞️ The call for entries for this year's innsbruck nature film festival - inff.eu is now open! 🌄 The Alpine Convention is delighted to once again be hosting a prize for 'Best Film on Quality of Life in the Alps': we are looking for films about people and/or projects that make a difference for the better in the European Alps. You can read more about the winner of last year's prize here: https://loom.ly/u4nOb8s ℹ️ The 24th edition of the INFF is taking place from 8 to 12 October in Innsbruck (AT). Find out more about the festival, the awards, and the submission criteria: https://lnkd.in/dkjeQdZe #INFF2025 #AlpineConvention #AlpineQualityOfLife

🏔️ The International Year of Glaciers' Preservation has officially begun! The United Nations has dedicated this year to glaciers, one of the most iconic yet fragile mountain landscapes. Glaciers are crucial for our climate and water cycles but extremely vulnerable to the impacts of a heating planet 🌡️ The Alpine Convention will be supporting various initiatives throughout the year, and the Italian Presidency (Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Sicurezza Energetica) will pay special attention to the topic, in particular by dedicating the 11th Report on the State of the Alps to Alpine glaciers, permafrost, and the water cycle 📄💧 We look forward to celebrating this special year with our mountain partners around the world! More information about the IYGP: https://loom.ly/M3eCSwk #IYGP #Glaciers2025 #AlpineConvention

The EUSALP Secretariat in Nice (FR) has an open position! 👇 #JobOffer #AlpineRegion #EUSALP

🇨🇭🌄 The Permanent Secretariat was honoured to be part of the 29th edition of the Danilo Re Memorial which took place in Scuol in the Engadin (Switzerland) from 16-19 January: https://loom.ly/YhhMVXo As always, it was a pleasure to discuss and exchange with the Alpine Protected Areas. Alpine Convention Secretary General Alenka Smerkolj participated in the ALPARC General Assembly while two of our colleagues, Maria Tischler and Raphaël Lelouvier, presented the Alpine Convention together with Guido Plassman from ALPARC during the rangers' seminar. We were also delighted to have two teams participating in the sporting competitions 🏅 Thank you to ALPARC and the Swiss National Park for the excellent organisation! #AlpineProtectedAreas #AlpineCooperation #AlpineConvention

📝 Call for Abstracts: the Alpine Convention is co-hosting a workshop at the 2025 International Mountain Conference (Universität Innsbruck)! The session will focus on regional and international mountain governance structures as well as a discussion on the role of science and research in these processes 💡🏔️ Join us and our partners CONDESAN | Consorcio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de la Ecorregión Andina, Mountain Research Initiative (MRI), UN Environment Programme, and ISCAR (the International Scientific Committee on Research in the Alps) to explore how the world's mountainous regions are working to address shared challenges. Submit your abstract by 20 February: https://loom.ly/DC5LIao #InternationalMountainConference #InternationalCooperation #MountainGovernance