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Gondo residents rebuild, and ponder the safety of their village

This content was published on Oct 28, 2000 In the tiny community of Gondo, the clean up operation is well underway following the disastrous mudslide that wiped out the centre of the village and killed thirteen of its inhabitants. But for many residents of Gondo, the fact that such a catastrophe could have happened at all is still difficult to believe. ‘I looked…

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Alpine experts call for urgent regeneration of forests

This content was published on Oct 26, 2000 The experts, meeting in Maienfeld, canton Berne, said action was needed immediately to regenerate alpine forests and that they would be drafting a resolution to that effect. Key threats to forests were identified as pollution – specifically the emission of harmful gases – and populations of game. Peter Greminger, spokesman for the Swiss Environment Ministry,…

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East and West cooperating on research for nature

This content was published on Oct 25, 2000 Experts at the symposium said studies of virgin landscapes in Eastern Europe, which only became accessible to western researchers after the end of the Cold War, had highlighted how nature was often ‘over-managed’ in the west. Reinhard Lässig, a scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, which organised the meeting,…

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New project aims to create ideal alpine environment

This content was published on Oct 25, 2000 The study coincides with warnings that the alpine environment is under threat from global warming, and hopes to determine how mountain areas can respond to the climatic changes. Entitled “Landscapes and habitats of the Alps”, it aims to find ways of creating a sustainable alpine environment, in the face of powerful social, economic and political…

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Out & About in Switzerland: Below the surface of Goldau Zoo

This content was published on Oct 25, 2000 Visitors looking through large windows below the “Blue Pond” have the chance to observe cormorants diving for food or metre-long pike searching for prey. The 15,000 square metre pond is one of the largest natural habitats for water birds found in any zoo. It was formed during a tremendous landslide in 1806 that completely altered…

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Discovering Basel’s natural beauty

This content was published on Oct 23, 2000 Walking along the river Rhine, Daniel Küry stops in his tracks and points to the ground. This reporter would have probably just passed by, but things look different to the trained eye of the ecologist. “This lilac bellflower can only live in natural grasslands which are not fertilized”, says Küry, bending down to examine the…

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Wear silk to help endangered species

This content was published on Oct 21, 2000 Fabric Frontline has designed a tie and a scarf imprinted with a tiger and has promised the WWF a percentage of the sales. Fabric Frontline has been one of Switzerland’s most famous luxury brands for the past 20 years. It was set up by Andi Stutz and his two sisters and is now a byword…

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Nature protection gives region new lease on life

This content was published on Oct 12, 2000 High above the main valley in the Entlebuch stands the Church of the Holy Cross. Pilgrims flock here to see a silver crucifix believed to contain a piece of the cross brought to Switzerland after the Crusades. The dark spruce forest lying next to the church is becoming a place of pilgrimage in its own…

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Zurich teams up with Graubunden to bid for 2010 Olympics

This content was published on Oct 4, 2000 They are bidding against Berne and the lakeside resort of Montreux which made public their intentions to jointly host the event last month. Following the announcement in March by canton Zurich that it was ready in principle to support such a joint bid, the city council announced on Wednesday that it was ready to back…

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Protest against damage by dams

This content was published on Oct 3, 2000 The groups are accusing the organisers of Hydro 2000 of failing to pay enough attention to the environmental and social impact of large dam projects. The conference organisers reject the accusations. The three-day meeting brings together hundreds of delegates from 45 countries, including engineers, researchers, landowners, businessmen and financiers. Their goal is to develop economic,…

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