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| Alpine Convention | |
|---|---|
| Start date: | 1995 |
| Scope: | Regional |
| Policy area: | Forests and forestry |
| Legal status: | Legally binding |
| Type of instrument: | Regulatory |
| Form of instrument: | Convention |
| Language: | English |
| URL: | Alpine Convention website |
| Format: | html |
| Access: | Free |
| Publisher: | Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention |
| Country(ies): | Austria |
| Date: | 1/4/2011 |
The Alpine Convention is a framework that sets out the basic principles of all the activities of the Alpine Convention and contains general measures for the sustainable development in the Alpine region.
| Objective | To develop the common heritage of the Alps and preserve it for future generations through transnational cooperation involving both countries and local authorities, as well as the scientific community, the private sector and the civil society. |
| Target | Spatial planning and sustainable development, conservation of nature and countryside, mountain farming, mountain forests, tourism, energy, soil conservation, transport, climate change mitigation |
| Linkage(s) to policy processes, instruments and institutions | Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Carpathian Convention, Alliance in the Alps, Association "Alpine town of the year", The Via Alpina, Alpine Pearls Association |
| Main formal decision making body | The Alpine Conference (Ministers of the Alpine States) |
| Main implementing body | Ministries of the Alpine Singatory States, local authorities, research organisations and institutions |
| Keywords | Alpine region, spatial planning and sustainable development, conservation of nature and countryside, mountain farming, mountain forests, tourism, energy, soil conservation, transport, climate change mitigation |
| FOREST EUROPE criteria | FOREST EUROPE indicators | ToSIA indicators |
| No FOREST EUROPE criteria for this Policy process and instrument | No FOREST EUROPE indicators for this Policy process and instrument | No ToSIA indicators for this Policy process and instrument |
