Depopulation, withdrawal of agrarian traditional practices, land abandonment and the conseguent banalization of landscape patterns have been affecting Italian western alpine regions since a few (...)

Here below are presented the results of ongoing activities in various pilot areas chosen for mapping and monitoring the terracements. The progress of the works was presented in the last internal (...)

The 5th Meeting of the partners of Project ALPTER took place in Aigen-Schlagl (Upper Austria) on 8/9 May 2006, organized by BOKU University of Vienna. The meeting was aimed at evaluating the (...)

The second ALPTER International Conference on Terraced Landscapes has successfully been held in Venice from the 22nd to the 24th of February, 2007. Many people attended the event, which hosted (...)

Below it is possible to download the 4th Issue of ALPTER project Newsletter. This number focuses on the role played by terraced landscapes in the defence against land degradation and the (...)

The 6th meeting of the partners of ALPTER Project took place in Goriska Brda (Slovenia) on the 12th and 13th of October, 2006. The meeting, which was organized by the University of Ljubljana, (...)

The 7th meeting of the partners of ALPTER Project took place in St. Dalmas de Tende (Alpes Maritimes, France) on the 10th and 11th of May, 2007. The meeting, which was organized by the A.D.I. (...)