Official recording of Alpine River Symposium's 2024 main sessions. Co-convened by The City of Burghausen and Onewater.
[Session] Rights of nature? Our instruments to conserve and sustainably manage rivers and
riparian landscapes
• Opening Remarks on the Alpine Convention - Kaspar Schuler, Co-director, CIPRA International
• Conflicts over water uses: Tesla and beyond - Petra Dobner, Prof. Political Science, Halle University
• River certification: The River Pearl Plus Label - Sigrun Lange, Strategic project management Living Rivers & Franka
Lenz, Referent of Water pearls certification, WWF Germany
• Wild Rivers National Parks - Annette Spangenberg, Nature protection lead, EuroNatur Foundation
• Protecting the world’s transboundary rivers: Building resilience to change - Susanne Schmeier, Head of the Water
Governance Department and Associate Professor of Water Law and Diplomacy, IHE Delft
• The rights of nature in Latin America: What can be applied in Europe? - Annette Mehlhorn, Research Fellow, Max-
Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
• The case of the Atrato river in Colombia - Moremi Zeil, PhD Researcher, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
About Alpine River Symposium 2024:
The Alps, Europe’s water towers, contain an estimated 40% of the continent’s freshwater. The thousands of streams, brooks and rivers that originate in the Alps have formed the basis of a traditional cultural landscape and unique biodiversity for centuries. This beautiful mountain range and its water sources are also crucial for the well-being and livelihoods of those who live on their slopes. For instance, over 1000 hydroelectric power stations in the Alpine region provide electricity for millions of people and, next to tourism, are the basis for trade, agriculture and industry.
Recorded and edited by František Ficek
7 окт 2024
