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A century of conservation brings new challenges

This content was published on Jan 22, 2009 The organisation, which started life in 1909 as the Swiss League for the Protection of Nature, said at a news conference in Bern on Thursday that it would continue to campaign on behalf of threatened species, landscape conservation and the preservation of natural treasures. The organisation was set up to create Switzerland’s first national park…

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Basel powers ahead on renewable energy

This content was published on Jan 21, 2009 The city government announced on Wednesday that it was making available more than SFr1.7 million ($1.5 million) to enable the local electricity supply company to buy CO2 emission certificates up to 2011, while continuing to expand its own green energy sources. The certificates are bought from producers of energy from renewable sources, in order to…

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Walking the tightrope of climate policy

This content was published on Jan 21, 2009 But behind the scenes, the negotiators depend on painstaking research carried out by specialists in a range of fields, such as those brought together by Switzerland’s National Centre of Competence in Research on Climate (NCCR Climate), based at Bern University. The university is hosting a three-day conference starting on Wednesday where experts from all over…

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Icy roads cause about 200 accidents

This content was published on Jan 19, 2009 Police reported about 200 accidents due to the icy roads. The worst mishap occurred just after midnight as a driver lost control of his car near the village of Thunstetten in canton Bern and crashed into a tree. An elderly passenger was killed. After weeks of freezing temperatures on the north side of the Alps,…

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The climate farmer who grows a mean pinot

This content was published on Jan 16, 2009 “Look at this,” he says, stooping low to claw the earth. “See how black it is? This soil is alive. It could have a huge impact.” That’s because Schmidt is no ordinary winemaker. Here in canton Valais, where about 140 producers make some of Switzerland’s most popular wines, Schmidt runs a vineyard where the soil…

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Swiss vines under threat

This content was published on Jan 16, 2009 The yellow leafhopper (Scaphoideus titanus) was observed in 2008 for the first time in the central part of the southern canton of Valais and at the western end of Lake Geneva, the Agroscope agricultural research station said on Friday. It was already entrenched in the southeastern canton of Ticino, canton Geneva and along the northern…

Winemakers expecting vintage 2008

This content was published on Jan 16, 2009 An Indian summer allowed vintners to harvest grapes at full maturity under optimal conditions, the Federal Agriculture Office said on Friday. The 2008 harvest has yielded 1,075,561 hectolitres of wine, 35,000 more than in 2007. Wine producing areas also expanded slightly in 2008 to 14,870 ha. The quality of grapes, helped by their slow maturation,…

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Most workers leave Turkish dam

This content was published on Jan 13, 2009 About 700 workers had been constructing the Ilisu dam on the River Tigris. On Tuesday an Austrian news service reported that 564 had been asked to leave for two months. Switzerland, Germany and Austria had backed the project by providing critical insurance for European firms involved in the dam’s construction. In return for that the…

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Amateur film becomes local blockbuster

This content was published on Jan 11, 2009

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Brown bear is animal of the year

This content was published on Jan 6, 2009 It awarded the bear the special honour in an attempt to make the public more aware of “conflict-free” solutions to humans and bears living together. Pro Natura said on Tuesday that the brown bear had been a part of Swiss life for centuries, belonging to many coats of arms and place names – including the…

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