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Subject:        Climate change and redrawing the Swiss / Italian border.
Date:   Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:11:23 -0000
From:   Barber, Peter <[log in to unmask]>
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http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/dossier/aaaa--das-dossier-fuer-digitalen-sperrmuell/Die-Grenze-zwischen-der-Schweiz-und-Italien-wird-neu-gezogen/story/16821449



This story from a Swiss newpaper may be of interest: the Swiss and
Italian authorities have decided that the line of their alpine border
will be re-surveyed because of the changes that have occurred as a
result of climate change and particularly the disappearance and movement
of glaciers.  They are hoping to agree on an agreed but mobile frontier,
that will take future changes into account.



Best wishes



Peter



Peter Barber  MA, FSA, FRHistS

Head of Map Collections

Map Library

British Library

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