Josep Sicart i Tauler, a founding member of MW Catalunya and an International Guarantor of MW International, has passed away. His whole life was devoted to mountain activities and protection. When he was Chair of MW Catalunya, his credo was to clean up and restore the Catalan mountains. Between 1991 …
The 16 trekkers who took part in the 2023 edition of the Swat Project have returned to Europe from Pakistan. The project was initiated and led by Mountain Wilderness International with the aim of publishing a guidebook of the mountains and valleys of this fascinating area, which is part of …
by Muhammad Afzel Scherazi A Mountain Liaison Officer is an officer seconded to a foreign mountaineering expedition visiting the Greater Himalayas for climbing or trekking at high altitude. It was very common in ancient times, even during the British Raj, for every mountaineering or scientific expedition to have a liaison …
On 8 and 9 July, an Italian athlete attempted a record that took him from Genoa to the summit of Mont Blanc in 14 hours, 42 minutes and 14 seconds. The previous record dates back to 2013, when the journey by bike and then on foot between zero and 4,810 …
“All over the world the positive achievements of human rights defenders too often go unrecognised. Defenders are targeted because they confront powerful vested interests by protecting our natural resources and shared climate, defending labour rights, exposing corruption, and refusing to accept injustice. As we mark the 25th anniversary of the …
The Swat Project is heading towards its end. This project is being carried out with the help of the International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies (ISMEO), the Italian Academic Alpine Club (CAAI), as well as the Mountain Partnership (the UN voluntary alliance of partners dedicated to mountain peoples and …
Ever since the Olympics were awarded by the IOC to Milan and Cortina, Mountain Wilderness has always maintained that all promises of sustainability would be betrayed, that the costs to the community would be far from those budgeted, that all procedures put in place to guarantee environmental protection (SEA) would …
This year the Asian Desk of Mountain Wilderness International and Mountain Wilderness Pakistan intend to conclude the exploration part of the SWAT PROJECT in which our NGO has been actively involved for over six years, with the collaboration of the International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies (ISMEO, link: https://www.ismeo.eu/home-english/ …
“Women move mountains” was the theme of this year’s International Mountain Day (IMD) on 11 December. “Women play a key role in …
July came with good news: the referendum in St. Leonhard im Pitztal (Tyrol, Austria) put an end to the planned Pitztal-Ötztal expansion, …