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Environment Agency sounds alarm

This content was published on Jun 4, 2004 The Swiss environment agency says that despite progress in some areas Switzerland’s natural habitat remains under threat. The agency’s director, Philippe Roch, warned this week that without a concerted effort, developed countries would fail to reach the targets in the Kyoto Protocol for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. That treaty, which has yet to be ratified…

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Switzerland leads global effort to protect forests

This content was published on Apr 26, 2004 The environment agency says Swiss conservation programmes could serve as models for other nations struggling to halt the destruction of tropical rainforest. The four-day event, jointly organised by Switzerland and Indonesia, runs until Friday in the lakeside town of Interlaken. “The workshop in Interlaken will give experts from all over the world the opportunity to…

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Environment agency stretched by budget cuts

This content was published on Apr 14, 2004 It is losing almost a fifth of its budget as part of a huge round of public spending cuts agreed by parliament in November. Announcing the job losses and a restructuring programme in Bern on Wednesday, Philippe Roch, director of the environment agency, said he was concerned about the consequences of the cuts. “It is…

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Chemical “cocktail” decimates fish stocks

This content was published on Jan 30, 2004 A new report, published on Friday, said urgent measures were needed to restore the country’s waterways to health. During last year’s sweltering summer, television viewers were treated to images of thousands of dead fish being removed from the country’s rivers. On the upper Rhine, between Stein and Schaffhausen, the country’s largest population of perch was…

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A rainforest takes root at Zurich zoo

This content was published on Jan 21, 2004 But the SFr52 million project has also cast a spotlight on the role of conservation. Some critics have questioned whether the money might have been better spent on saving a real rainforest rather than creating an artificial one. From special insulating material for the roof, to the planting of 17,000 species of plants, not to…

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Upgrading Central Asia’s water supply

This content was published on Jan 13, 2004 Experts are warning of regional conflict if the former Soviet republics do not work together to manage the supply of water. Swiss development projects in the region aim to ensure that water does not become a source of tension between populations. Andrei Yakovlev works for the Swiss Aral Sea Mission, which is responsible for the…

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Swiss glaciers shrink at unprecedented rate

This content was published on Jan 13, 2004 A report by the glaciology commission at the Swiss Academy of Sciences says that all Switzerland’s glaciers shrank last year. The measure of retreat among the glaciers observed over the period 2002-2003 varied from one metre – at the Schwarz glacier in canton Bern – to 152 metres at the Trift glacier, also in canton…

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3,000 polluted sites need urgent clean-up

This content was published on Jan 5, 2004 The authorities say a national campaign to clean up these areas will cost millions of Swiss francs. A scandal over two waste dumps first drew public attention to the extent of the pollution problem in Switzerland. Between 1961 and 1976, 114,000 tons of solvents, pesticides and other pollutants were dumped at Bonfol in western Switzerland…

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Glaciers’ retreat causes alarm

This content was published on Nov 27, 2003 If governments don’t take urgent action, the organisation warns, billions of people could face severe water shortages. The WWF released its report on climate change and global glacier decline ahead of the ninth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change, taking place in Milan next week. The organisation warns…

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Investment race in Swiss Alps causes alarm

This content was published on Nov 21, 2003 The groups said overdevelopment was also damaging the natural ecological balance of high-altitude regions. According to a new study, there are currently 113 projects under consideration to develop and expand Switzerland’s ski areas, requiring investments of SFr3.5 billion ($2.7 billion). Swiss environmental groups on Friday likened the expansion drive to that of the 1970s, when…

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