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Waterfalls

This content was published on Dec 10, 2007 Waterfalls are a big attraction for both Swiss and foreign tourists alike.The book “Switzerland’s Waterfalls” by Christian Schwick and Florian Spichtig introduces 130 of these natural landmarks and provides scientific and helpful information for hikers. The book is published by AT-Verlag in Baden. (All photos by Christian Schwick and Florian Spichtig)

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This content was published on Dec 10, 2007 (Photographs by Stefan Weber)

First lynx seen in National Park for 25 years

This content was published on Dec 7, 2007 How the animal came to the park in canton Graubünden and whether it would remain in the area long-term was unclear, the park said on Friday. The lynx disappeared from the central Alps in the 17th century. Only in the Jura and the Alps did the species survive until the beginning of the 20th century.…

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Climate ranking causes red Swiss faces

This content was published on Dec 7, 2007 But judged solely on its climate policy, Switzerland dropped to 45th on environmental group Germanwatch’s 40th annual index. Sweden and Germany came top. “Switzerland is doing too little to improve the climate,” said Patrick Hofstetter from environmental group WWF Switzerland in reaction to the news. “We have so far failed to reduce Switzerland’s carbon dioxide…

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Resort learns to manage climate catastrophes

This content was published on Dec 3, 2007 No one doubts that the natural beauty of the Alps is the Swiss tourist industry’s main draw card, but nature can turn ugly – as it did in August 2005 when flooding cut Engelberg off from the rest of the world. Nearly two years later, road crews are still repairing the road above a reinforced…

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Taking the temperature of ski resorts

This content was published on Dec 3, 2007 Particularly affected are the country’s 650 cable car and ski lift operators, which are the main economic force in many mountain regions. The popularity of holidaying in the Swiss Alps in winter reached its peak in the 1980s. The decline in the 1990s was attributed to cut-throat airline competition which made sunny, southern destinations more…

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Snow future for alpine tourism?

This content was published on Dec 3, 2007 The nine destinations in the Bernese Alps commissioned a study by Bern University. The results are sobering, and the recommendations sweeping. The study, “Climate change and tourism – an analysis of scenarios for the Bernese Oberland up to the year 2030” points out that the effects are manifold and complex. They cannot, it says, be…

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Alpine resorts could feel the summer heat

This content was published on Dec 3, 2007 Higher temperatures could mean more natural disasters and changes to the landscape, but could also bring in more tourists as well, say experts. But how will Swiss resorts react? Although it is widely thought that some low-lying alpine resorts may go out of business as the snowline rises in winter, the consequences of global warming…

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Leo Jeker

This content was published on Dec 3, 2007

Swiss to target big emitters in Bali

This content was published on Dec 2, 2007 The head of the Swiss negotiating delegation in Bali, Thomas Kolly, told swissinfo that the emerging countries and the United States should be included in the system that applies from 2012. “The countries that currently have binding targets within the Kyoto Protocol account for around one-quarter of CO2 emissions and that is just not enough,”…

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