Projects in this Area

European Alpine Programme

At the end of 1999 an Alpine Programme was initiated by WWF Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland to explore the feasibility of adopting the ecoregi...

Modified: May 2011 - Started: Jan 1999
Return of the large carnivores to Switzerland

Hunting, forest conversion for agriculture and logging forced the lynx, wolf and brown bear in extinction in the Swiss Alps by the 19th century. Today...

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Jan 1991
LIFE COEX - Improving Coexistence of Large Carnivores and Agriculture in Southern Europe

The project aims at the development of necessary legal and socio-economic conditions for effective conservation of large carnivores (grey wolf and bro...

Modified: Sep 2005 - Started: Oct 2004
Swiss River Restoration Initiative (FRISCH)
Kids for the Alps
Alpine Policy
Wild River Landscapes of the Lech Valley - a LIFE Project
Emerald Network (Natura 2000)

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