1973 iucn yearbook

Future of the Alps
There is increasing degradation of the European Alpine regions as a
result of human pressures. Action plans to bring these destructive processes
under control will be the subject of this project, which will focus
in an International Symposium, scheduled to begin 31 August 1974 at
Trento, Italy. Some 250 specialists and planners from the region are
expected to attend.
Work programme for the Symposium includes consideration of reports
on human population, evolution of population patterns and causes of
inequal distribution in the Alpine region; touristic implications; biological
impacts on the flora and fauna due to the intervention of man,
including pollution phenomena; physiognomic modifications of Alpine
landscapes, agriculture, forestry, national monuments, erosion, hydroelectric
power, public works, tourism, quarries; existing conservation
measures and their effectiveness including reserves and national parks;
the present situation of legislation and administration in European
Alpine countries in the fields of land management, land-use and the
protection of flora, fauna, national parks and reserves. Working groups
will be concerned with national parks and reserves, conservation of
species, agriculture and sylviculture, economic development, transport
and settlements, tourism, and land-use and zoning. The meeting will
end with the formulation of conclusions and adoption of an action plan.
IUCN/WWF are organizing sponsors, along with the Commission
internationale pour la protection des regions alpines (CIPRA), Euregio
Alpina, l'Union internationale des associations d'alpinisme (UIAA),
Italian Alpine Club (CAI) and the International Festival on Mountain
and Exploration Films, Trento, Italy.
UNESCO and the International Federation of Landscape Architects
are cooperating as sponsors, as are the Secretariats of the Economic
Commission for Europe of the United Nations and the Council of Europe.
The Green Book
This project covers identification and description of outstanding and
endangered landscapes. The resulting data-sheets will be published in
loose-leaf form. The "Green Book of Outstanding and Endangered
Landscapes" will provide the basis for action to conserve these areas for
the future. The landscapes selected are being chosen because of their
scenic beauty, or their linkage with local cultural history. They are areas
that warrant protection by zoning or in other ways so that they will not
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