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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:	International treaty
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
Policy and/or legal framework	The Alpine Conference
Linkage(s) to policy processes, instruments and institutions	CBD, Carpathian Convention
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
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