Specific measures implementing the principles laid down in the framework Convention are contained in the Protocols to the Alpine Convention. In the Protocols, concrete steps to be taken for the protection and sustainable development of the Alps are set out.
The existing Protocols cover many different issues:
- Spatial planning and sustainable development (pdf)*
- Conservation of nature and countryside (pdf)*
- Mountain farming (pdf)*
- Mountain forests (pdf)*
- Tourism (pdf)
- Energy (pdf)
- Soil conservation (pdf)
- Transport (pdf)
- In addition, two additional protocols have been adopted, respectively on Solution of litigations (pdf) and on the Adherence of the Principality of Monaco to the Alpine Convention (pdf)*
In addition to protocols, two Ministerial declarations on specific topics have also been adopted in November 2006:
- Declaration on Population and Culture (pdf)*
- Declaration on Climate Change (pdf)*
* un-official English translations provided by Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention