Development of objectives for the usage and agreement of alpine agriculture

The aim of this task was the identification and evaluation of political documents of international and national level regarding their objectives with reference to agriculture and environment. By means of document analysis, discussions with members of relevant administrational offices and expert interviews corresponding regulations were selected. These regulations were analyzed regarding the surviving of mountain farming as well as the integration of environmental requests.

Examples for political documents of international level are:

• Agenda 21, Chapter 13
• Alpine Convention (including protocol "Berglandwirtschaft")
• Declaration of Cork
• European Charter of Mountain Regions