Conference

Implementing the Alpine Convention and the Protocol on mountain agriculture: promotion of agrobiodiversity and long-term monitoring opportunities
Bolzano (I), 20-21 May 2008

• PROGRAMME
• ABSTRACT

PRESENTATIONS

• Josef Dalla Via, Director of the Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry Laimburg:
  The significance of agrobiodiversity in the Alto Adige region and strategies for its promotion (DE version)
• Waltraud Kugler, Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe:
  Long term monitoring of agrobiodiversity in the alpine region
• Elspeth Broxham Stahl, Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe:
  Outcomes of the study "The Alpine Delphi"
• Federico Lottersberger, former president of the Alpine Convention working group "Agriculture":
  The Alpine Convention Protocol on Mountain Agriculture (presentation not provided)
• Regula Imhof, Vice-Secretary General of the Alpine Convention:
  The Alpine Convention and the SOIA system for the Observation of and Information on the Alps
• Beate Schierscher, SKEK Director:
  The Swiss Commission for the Preservation of Cultivated Plants (SKEK) (DE Version)
• Christian Partl, Office of the Tyrolean government, Department for agricultural education, hunting and fishing:
  Interreg Project "Gen-save and the Tyrolean Genbank" (North and South Tyrol) (DE version)
• Emilio Pastore, Padua University:
  Breeding of sheep and goats in the Veneto - Region with a particular view on the contributions of the region (IT Version)
• Regula Imhof, Vice-Secretary General of the Alpine Convention:
  Promotion of Agrobiodiversity: possibilities of alpine-wide initiatives and activities
• Barbara Mock, Small livestock breeding association:
  Alpine Convention and Agrobiodiversity (DE Version)
• Frowin Oberrauch, Association "Sortengarten – South Tyrol":
  The consumers role in the protection of rare animal species and cultivated plants
• Jean Gault, Sard-M, FAO:
  The Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources
• Paolo Angelini, Ministry of the Environment, Land and Sea. Italian Focal Point of the Alpine Convention:
  The Alpine Convention and the Protocol on Mountain Agriculture (presentation not provided)
• Luciano Onori, in charge of the Department for Protected Areas of the Environmental Protection Agency and Technical Services (APAT):
  The Alpine Convention and protection of wild species (IT Version)
• Artur Kammerer, Department of Nature and Landscapes of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano (Alto Adige):
  Traditional agricultural practises, landscape diversity and agrobiodiversity (DE version)
• Jutta Staffler, Bioland Alto Adige, Director and Consultancy:
  Traditional man-made landscapes and tourism labelling for different offers by the Alpine Agriculture (presentation not provided)