Activities Aims About

About Activities

Numerous investigations have shown the immense • Identification of key results of relevant richness and benefits of biodiversity in the Alps, projects to build on. as well as what could be done to safeguard and ensure its continuance. However these findings • Creation of awareness that ecological have not been universally adopted in policies or by connectivity and sustainable use of natural those responsible for implementing them. resources are the basis for the effective functioning of ecosystem services. This is where the greenAlps project comes in: • Definition oftransnational needs for It investigates and takes the results from ongoing and implementing the defined policy vision. completed European projects, processes them and makes them accessible to the key stakeholders at regional, national and international level. The aim is to improve the framework conditions for sustainable, Aims efficient European environmental policies that will protect and maintain nature in the Alps. • Ensuring the long term use of the results To ensure biodiversity conservation and the functioning of European biodiversity conservation projects. of ecosystem services in the Alps, long-term landscape planning, new methods of co-operation between • Feeding project results into European the various stakeholders and decision makers are development and environmental strategies. required, and preventive measures have to be put in • Explaining abstract project results to place. regional stakeholders in a way that enables them to translate them into concrete actions. The project runs from September 2013 to November 2014 and is co-financed by the European Regional De- • Providing a comprehensive and understandable velopment Fund in the Alpine Space Programme. «set of instruments for good environmental governance» for regional decision makers. www.greenalps-project.eu © Nationalpark Berchtesgaden Nationalpark ©

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The pilot areas represent very Alpine Network of (FR) www.alparc.org different regions of the Alps. Protected Areas – The applicability of the strategic ALPARC (Lead Partner) results and their transferability to European level will be tested here. Research Institute of (AT) www.fiwi.at Wildlife Ecology – FIWI (Vetmeduni Vienna)

Kalkalpen (AT) www.kalkalpen.at National Park Nationalpark Berchtesgaden Kalkalpen National Park and Julian Prealps Nature Park Triglav National Park (TNP) and Berchtesgaden (DE) www.nationalpark- Gesäuse National Park Bohinj tourist area National Park berchtesgaden.bayern.de The transboundary region Berch- The Julian Prealps Nature Park tesgaden (Germany) – Salzburg In the pilot area in the Northern lies in the region Friuli Venezia The TNP extends in the north-wes- (Austria) is characterised by Limestone Alps at the borders of Giulia, Italy. Three biogeographical tern part of Slovenia. The lands- International (FL) www.cipra.org pristine alpine habitats. Upper Austria, Styria and Lower areas meet here: the Mediterra- cape is characterized by glacier- Austria extensive forests cover nean, the Alpine and the Illyrian shaped valleys, mountain plateaus Commission for the The protected areas in the re- a lot of the mountainous alpine regions, resulting in great bio- and steep mountain ridges above Protection of the Alps - gion are particularly suited as landscape. diversity. the tree line. More than a quarter CIPRA starting points for developing of the National Park is situated integrated approaches to biodi- Many endangered species can be The park is a transboundary within the Municipality of Bohinj European Academy of (IT) www.eurac.edu versity conservation. found there. This hotspot of bio- protected area together with which is one of the most well- Bozen/Bolzano – EURAC diversity is preserved by a dense Triglav National Park. known tourist areas in Slovenia. Their goals within greenAlps are: protected area network. Julian Prealps (IT) www.parcoprealpigiulie.it Their goals within greenAlps are: Their goals within greenAlps are: • enhance ecological connectivity Their goals within greenAlps are: Nature Park and local governance. • raise awareness of the outstan- • examine the most significant re- • improve ecological connectivity. ding natural potential in the region. sults of previous and running pro- • co-operate strongly with the Bio- jects including ecosystem servi- Tourism Bohinj (SI) www.bohinj.si sphere Reserve Berchtesgadener • raise awareness of the outstan- • to strengthen attention to nature, ces as the key element. Land and the Nature Park Weiss- ding natural potential in the especially among young genera- bach. region. tions through support of environ- • contribute to a process of crea- Contact mental education. ting and adapting conservation policies at regional, national and Lead Partner: common EU levels. ALPARC +33 4 79 26 55 07 [email protected] nature Communication manager: [email protected]

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