Rapid socio-economic assessment for the Alps ecoregion

Posted on March, 01 2005

Rapid socio-economic assessment for the Alps ecoregion, by Werner Bätzing
The Alpine data situation is so poor that it is not possible to give a detailed analysis and picture of the current socio-economic development in the Alpine region.  Nevertheless it is possible by means of certain specific processes to produce sufficiently convincing and detailed conclusions.

Cutting hay in the buffer zone of the Hohe Tauern National Park in the Austrian Alps. Apriach, Austria
© Michèle Dépraz / WWF