The annual CHF40,000 ($41,700) prize has been given since 2011 for “economically successful projects from the mountain regions” that have contributed to the creation of value and to economic diversity.
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Twenty-five years after Hurricane Lothar wreaked havoc in Switzerland, the country’s forests are now better prepared, experts say.
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SWISS makes emergency landing in Austria after smoke in cockpit
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Could managing avalanche risk be recognised globally?
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Switzerland, along with Austria, has officially submitted “managing avalanche danger” to be awarded special status at UNESCO.
Almost 2,000 avalanche deaths in Switzerland since 1936
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Nearly 2,000 people have lost their lives in almost 1,000 avalanches in the Swiss Alps and the Jura region since 1936, the Davos-based instituteExternal link said on Tuesday. In controlled areas (roads, railways, communities and secured ski runs) the 15-year annual average number of victims dropped from 15 at the end of the 1940s to…
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