Newsletter April 2011

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mountain.TRIP update 20/04/2011
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Welcome to the latest mountain.TRIP update!

The goal of the mountain.TRIP project is to provide stakeholders, end-users and practitioners with

readily accessible and understandable forms of research-based information relevant to sustainable

development in mountain regions.

We hope you will enjoy our update with insights, results and activities of the EU-funded

mountain.TRIP project.
Yours sincerely, mountain.TRIP team from Krakow

To download this update as pdf please click here.

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WHAT’S NEW IN THE PROJECT?
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New community platform for research on sustainable mountain

development in Europe launched!

European mountain news, thematic discussion groups and forums

and much, much more!

Join us at: www.mountaintrip.eu

The outcomes of the workshop “Sustainable development in EU

mountain regions – Options for communicating research to

practitioners” in Brussels are now available:

- results of the working group discussions (summary presentations)

- revised Information Strategies of the communication products.

Learn more at: http://www.mountaintrip.eu/articles/workshopbrx.htm l

Contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Ecologic Institute

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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Regional Consultation Workshops:

The second cycle of workshops aims to fine-tune the information

products to the needs of practitioners and to reinforce the social

relationships required for sustainable connections between research

and practice. The workshops involve practitioners at regional levels.

Four meetings are planned in the Alps (Austria), the Carpathians (Poland and Romania) and the

Iberian Mountains (Spain) in the respective national languages (German, Polish, Romanian, Spanish).

Austria:
May 25^th 2011, Haus der Begegnung, Innsbruck

Workshop topic: Knowledge on sustainable development: transfer between mountain practitioners

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Poland:
June 8^th 2011, Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian University, Kraków

Workshop topic: Knowledge on sustainable development: transfer between mountain areas

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Romania:

June 9^th-10^th 2011, Domeniul Dracula, Danes, jud. Mures, (close to Sighisoara)

Workshop topic: Mountain Quality Food Products

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Spain:

June 7^th 2011, IFAPA Centro Camino de Purchil, Granada

Workshop topic: Making better use of research results - transferring knowledge on sustainable
olive farming in mountain regions

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If you would like to join any of the workshops or learn more, please consult:

http://www.mountaintrip.eu/general-info/overview.html

for information in English and respective workshop languages (German, Spanish, Romanian and Polish).

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PROGRESS
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Elaboration of the mountain.TRIP communication products

Communication between science and practice has to be based on the innovative communication

products. We are developing a Clearinghouse for research on sustainable mountain development, a

Handbook for practitioners, and a Teaching tool on the communication of mountain research.

Based on the evidence of our survey in 2010 we are also looking at traditional communication tools

such as a set of brochures distributed at a workshop and a traveling exhibition of posters.

Our aim is to provide practitioners with the information they need in the form they find attractive!

The Clearinghouse for sustainable mountain development will provide access to a variety of

research results and present practical information in the form of key recommendations, best practice

examples and tools developed and identified by relevant EU projects.

The results will be soon available on our website!

For more information please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Mountain Research Initiative (MRI),

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CONTACT
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mountain.TRIP Project Management:

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Institute of Mountain Research: Man & Environment (IGF)

Responsible for this issue of the mountain.TRIP update:

Dominik Kaim, Jacek Kozak, Elżbieta Laszczak, Katarzyna Ostapowicz

Jagiellonian University (JU)

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