On this page, you'll find the project list of the Institute for Alpine Environment. The projects are assigned to 4 research topics.

• Landscape structure analysis
  Comparative analysis of the different landscape developments and the causal factors responsible for them.
• ECOMONT
  Ecological consequences of land use change on European mountain ecosystems.
• Water quality in tributaries and land use
  Influence of agriculture on the biological and chemical water quality in mountain streams.
• NIGIS
  Impact of nitrate deriving from agriculture on Southtyrolean waterbodies. 
• INTEGRALP
  Mountain meadows undergoing change.
• SUSTALP
  Evaluation of the instruments available to the European Union in respect to their effectiveness in shaping the agriculture of the Alps under ecologically sound aspects
• MASTA
  Measures and strategies for a sustainable mountain agriculture

• DIAMONT
  Data Infrastructure for the Alps: Mountain Orientated Network Technology
• "Objective 2" - Environmental Monitoring
  Supervision of environmental aspects of projects implemented in South Tyrol within the EU "objective 2"-programm aimed to revitalising areas facing structural difficulties.
• Biodiversity
  Conservation and sustainable use of mountain ecosystems in the context of the Agreement on Biological Diversity and the Alpine Convention.
• Sustainability indicators for South Tyrol
  An indicator system on a community basis for the region.
• South Tyrol model
  Success factors of a region.

• Acceptance in protection areas
  Survey of local residents and tourists in the Stilfserjoch National Park.
• Research in the Stilfserjoch National Park
  Development of strategy paper and monitoring concept.
• Lesson units
  Lesson materials for nature classes and environmental education.
• Luxes 407
  An extraterrestrial alien discovers the mountains.
• An idea for the Rieserferner-Ahrn Nature Park
  Acceptance study, idea contest, and influence control for the Rieserferner-Ahrn Nature Park.

• Interdisciplinary Mountain Research
  Internationales Symposium für junge Wissenschaftler zur Berggebietsforschung

Further projects, developed under our collaboration, are found on the  project webpage of the Area for Sustainable Development.