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Monitoring the effectiveness of habitat conservation in Switzerland
Monitoring the effectiveness of habitat conservation in Switzerland

The project "Monitoring the effectiveness of habitat conservation in Switzerland" has been initiated by the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN to study whether habitats of national importance (dry meadows and pastures, bogs and fens, alluvial zones, amphibian spawning areas) are developing according to conservation targets. For this, a long-term monitoring project is established.

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Recovery of Wildlife in the Alps
Recovery of Wildlife in the Alps

The return of large carnivores such as wolf and lynx in the Alps leads to conflicts with the local population. The goal of this project is to present practical conservation and management options for wolf and lynx in the Alps.

Available languages: German English

Visitor Study at Wildernesspark Zürich
Visitor Study at Wildernesspark Zürich

The aim of this project is to evaluate the Wildernesspark Zürich from the visitors' perspective. We are particularly interested in what visitors do during their stay and how they perceive the park. Moreover, we also analyse in how far people report feelings of restoration after their visit, and how this self-reported restoration is associated with environmental and psychological factors of the park visit.

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The production of renewable energy in Switzerland: a spatial analysis of potential conflicts with landscape services
Renewable energies and landscape

Renewable energy production (wind power, hydropower, solar power, geothermal energy, and biomass) is a landscape service with growing importance and high political relevance in Switzerland. The expansion of energy production will have a strong impact on competing landscape services such as agricultural production, recreation, tourism, biodiversity conservation and aesthetics.

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Biodiversität und Raumentwicklung - BIKORA
Biodiversität und Raum

Das Projekt "Biodiversität und Raumentwicklung" untersucht Zusammenhänge zwischen Biodiversität und Raumentwicklung auf Landschaftsebene. Dafür analysieren wir Daten des Schweizer Mittelands im Allgemeinen sowie der Kantone Aargau und Luzern im Speziellen für möglichst verschiedene Organismengruppen und unterschiedliche Aspekte der Biodiversität. Die Resultate werden kartographisch dargestellt und können zur Visualisierung von Szenarien der Landschaftsentwicklung eingesetzt werden.

Available languages: German

Spatial demands of society
Spatial demands of society

Die aktuellen gesellschaftlichen Entwicklungen führen dazu, dass immer mehr und immer unterschiedlichere Ansprüche an den Raum gestellt werden. Daraus entwickeln sich oft Nutzungskonflikte. Das Projekt "Raumansprüche der Gesellschaft" untersucht, welche Raumansprüche der Mensch hat und welche Folgen das Nichterfüllen dieser Ansprüche haben kann.

Available languages: German English

Land use conflicts: causes and solving strategies
Land use conflicts

Different spatial claims may lead to conflicts between different usages. Our project explores, how such land use conflicts emerge and how they can be resolved or avoided. Out of that, we derive strategies and measures for conflict management and we will develop a guideline for the praxis.

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Richtplancontrolling Landschaft
Richtplancontrolling

Richtplancontrollings überprüfen laufend die Zielerreichung und den Mitteleinsatz der Richtplanung. Dazu braucht es ein Set an Indikatoren, welche den integralen Charakter von Landschaften zu erfassen vermögen. Das Projekt "Richtplancontrolling Landschaft" soll ein solches Set an Indikatoren definieren und Grundlagen für einen kantonalen Vergleich erarbeiten.

Available languages: German

C3-Alps: Capitalising Climate Change Knowledge for Adaptation in the Alpine Space
C3-Alps

C3-Alps synthesizes, transfers and implements in policy and practice results of previous Alpine Space Programme projects on climate change adaptation. In Work Package 4 we will assess the performance and governance, strengths and weaknesses as well as the science-policy interface of existing adaptation policies in Alpine countries.

Available languages: German English

Shrinking Cities and Urban Regeneration in Switzerland
Urban Regeneration

One of the most challenging tasks for European urban areas is to deal with demographic, economic and physical contraction processes and to plan for the future of cities worth living in. The project aims at fostering knowledge on shrinking cities and urban regeneration strategies in Switzerland.

Available languages: German English

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