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Why small ponds have enormous value

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This content was published on Dec 12, 2017 Small water bodies provide countless services to humans and the environment, but natural Swiss ponds have all but vanished over the last 200 years.

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Snow complicates new train timetable

This content was published on Dec 10, 2017 The annual timetable change of the Swiss Federal Railways has run more or less smoothly – the only problems caused by the weather.

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Suspected Swiss wolf killer charged

This content was published on Dec 7, 2017 Prosecutors in canton Valais, in southwest Switzerland, filed charges following an investigation into the shooting of the female wolf M63, whose heavily decomposed animal carcass was discovered in March last year. The initial investigation established the cause of death as a rifle shot that had pierced the animal’s heart. Wolves can only be killed if…

Ground-level view of dried mud on the banks of the Sihlsee, a lake in the Swiss canton Schwyz

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Swiss climate change risks outweigh opportunities

This content was published on Dec 6, 2017 That’s the conclusion of an unprecedented nationwide study examining possible climate change impacts for Switzerland.

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ChemChina thrives at home on strategy of ‘going out’

This content was published on Dec 6, 2017 ChemChina was one of the state-owned Chinese firms that was encouraged to “go out” of the country. The FT calls it a Trojan horse strategy.

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Swiss government sets out next climate target

This content was published on Dec 1, 2017 The governing Federal Council said it had adopted a dispatch for the revised CO2 law that would now be submitted for the attention of parliament. It states that emissions generated in Switzerland should be cut by at least 30% by 2030, with a maximum of 20% of the reduction due to measures taken abroad. “In…

A cover image for a Nouvo video about using horsepower to move logs in Switzerland.

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Using horses to work in the forest

This content was published on Nov 30, 2017 The horse and the lumberjack, the new Swiss tale?

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Most Swiss aware of global warming threats

This content was published on Nov 29, 2017 A detailed pollExternal link, commissioned by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation – swissinfo.ch’s parent company – found 85% of respondents acknowledging global warming as a fact, while 14% said they were not entirely convinced. One percent denied it outright. Most respondents recognise that melting glaciers and rockslides are a consequence of the warmer climate in Switzerland…

A cover image for a Nouvo video about the lack of water supply in the lower Engadine Valley.

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The meltwater problem

This content was published on Nov 28, 2017 Here are three ways less meltwater coming down from the mountains will affect ordinary people. We took a closer look at one Swiss valley.

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This content was published on Nov 28, 2017

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