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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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On the wing across the Alps

This content was published on Oct 2, 2000 It’s a beautiful clear day on Lake Sempach and a woman has just arrived at the Swiss Ornithological Institute, cradling a large songbird. It’s injured. She shows it to a woman working at the institute, who takes it to the bird hospital located in the basement. A few kilometres to the east, biologist Felix Liechti…

French sweep awards at Les Diablerets film festival

This content was published on Oct 1, 2000 Following one week of screenings, jurors honoured French artists with three of the top four awards. The Grand Prize went to the film “Annapurna, the story of a legend”, which was directed by Frenchman, Bernard George. In the category of the “best dipiction of mountain life”, Gilles Perret was honoured for his film, “Three brothers…

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Frequent fliers destroy the environment

This content was published on Sep 22, 2000 The report, which was unveiled on Friday in Basel, warns that in 20 years’ time, air traffic will account for about a third of Switzerland’s total emissions of carbon dioxide, the main gas blamed for global warming. The study differs from previous ones in that it is based on the total number of kilometres flown…

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Retreat of alpine glaciers supports global warming theory

This content was published on Sep 7, 2000 The study, compiled by an international team of researchers, compared historical weather records from all over the world. They show that temperatures are rising, and affecting the way lakes and rivers freeze. The study also shows that the most significant changes have taken place in the past 150 years, suggesting a correlation with the industrial…

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Switzerland joins international criticism of Japanese whaling

This content was published on Aug 22, 2000 Japan has drawn fire from non-whaling nations and conservationist groups for killing hundreds of minke whales each year. It gave up commercial whaling in compliance with the 1986 ban but has carried out what it calls “scientific research” whaling since 1987. The Swiss Coalition for the Protection of Whales has condemned Tokyo for what it…

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Flooding costs SFr580 million

This content was published on Aug 7, 2000 The environment ministry said the repair bill amounted to the biggest since 1987. There had not been such extensive flooding – and over such a prolonged period – since 1910, the ministry said on Monday in a review of last year’s floods. Most of German-speaking Switzerland was affected by the rise in water levels in…

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Swimmer draws attention to Rhine pollution

This content was published on Jul 11, 2000 Hans Weeber took the plunge in the northern Swiss city of Basel and is hoping to swim the 1,025 kilometres to the Rhine estuary at Rotterdam over the next 11 days. He hopes to spend no more than three hours a day in the water, taking rest periods on a boat accompanying him. Before entering…

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