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“Mountain wilderness” refers to any pristine, untouched mountain environment, where anyone can experience vast open spaces, silence, solitude, nature. “The value of wilderness therefore lies above all in its potential to stimulate a creative relationship between civilised man and the natural environment. It is the degree of authenticity of this relationship that gives a non-ephemeral meaning to adventure.”

This definition dates back to 1987, when the Biella theses, our manifesto, were written. They marked the birth of Mountain Wilderness.

Mountain Wilderness International (MWI) is the umbrella organisation of the national chapters of Mountain Wilderness. It facilitates communication and exchange among national chapters, coordinates and organises international projects and actions and officially represents the organisation in its relations with governments, authorities, international institutions and non-governmental organisations.

If you share our ideas and you wish to help us, please join a national chapter. Mountain Wilderness has chapters in a dozen countries.

Glacier of the Month

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2 weeks ago

Girls in Action 2025 is an all-women humanitarian mountaineering project, which will take place in the Swat and Chitral districts in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in September 2025. This is the first edition of the training we are holding after signing the Memorandum of Understanding with Pakistan.As in 2024, an all-women team of six Italian instructors will guide 24 Pakistani young women to discover the mountains through lessons in rock climbing and glacier progression, overnight stays in tented camps as well as compass and map orientation. Particular attention will be paid to health in mountain environments and first aid lessons.The project promotes women’s empowerment, environmental awareness and respect for the mountains. Since we had to overcome many organisational difficulties due to the recent floods and were forced to change routes and logistics three times, costs have increased significantly.If you appreciate our project, you can help us cover part of these costs with a small donation on GoFundMe ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.gofundme.com/f/2ucvyk-girls-in-action 🙏www.mountainwilderness.org/2025/08/29/girls-in-action-2025/ ... See MoreSee Less

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Girls in Action 2025 is a humanitarian mountaineering project dedicated to women (you may remember the all-women training held in 2024), which will take place in the Hindu Kush (Pakistan) in September...

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2 weeks ago

"Antarctica, Earth’s last great wilderness, is facing growing pressure from human activity.(...) surging tourism and expanding research bases are polluting the southern continent, accelerating snow melting and threatening fragile ecosystems already at risk from climate change." ... See MoreSee Less

Surging tourism is polluting Antarctica, scientists warn

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Annual visitors numbered fewer than 8,000 in the 1990s. Last year, more than 124,000 visited.

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3 weeks ago

Italy’s Ventina glacier, one of the biggest in northern Lombardy, has melted so much due to climate change that glaciologists can no longer measure it the way they have for the past 130 years.The Ventina glacier has already lost 1.7 kilometers (1 mile) in length since 1895. The melting has accelerated in recent years, with the glacier losing 431 meters (471 yards) in the last 10 years, nearly half of that since 2021, according to the Lombardy Glaciological Service. ... See MoreSee Less

Italy's Ventina Glacier Has Melted So Much Geologists Now Can Only Monitor It Remotely

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Italy’s Ventina glacier in northern Lombardy has melted so much due to climate change that geologists can no longer measure it the way they have for the past 130 years

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3 weeks ago

Glaciers are the planet's most visible climate indicators, but because they are remote, their loss can feel abstract. ... See MoreSee Less

At Europe's melting glaciers, signs of climate peril are everywhere

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Europe's glaciers are shrinking faster than anywhere else on Earth, leaving behind unstable landscapes.

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4 weeks ago

Its spectacular wildlife remains abundant – for now, yet Svalbard is heating seven times faster than the world average. ... See MoreSee Less

Arctic glaciers face ‘terminal’ decline as microbes accelerate ice melt

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Scientists in Svalbard in race to study polar microbes as global heating threatens fragile glacial ecosystems

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4 Sep

Every 3 years, the FAO together with the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, prepares the United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) report on sustainable mountain development. The 2025 UNSG report is now available online! #mountainsmatter

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30 Aug

Girls in Action 2025 is an all-women mountaineering project, taking place in Pakistan now. We had to overcome many organisational issues due to recent floods & were forced to change routes and logistics. You can help us cover the resulting additional costs

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World Meteorological Organization @wmo ·

27 Aug

In 2024, the Greenland Ice Sheet recorded its third smallest ice loss since 2001.

Since 1972, Greenland has lost about 6,776 km³ of its ice sheets.

Find out more about the European #StateOfClimate here:
https://bit.ly/3Gbw023

#ESOTC2024 @‌CopernicusEU

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22 Aug

Italy’s Ventina glacier, one of the biggest in northern Lombardy, has already lost 1.7 kilometers (1 mile) in length since 1895 & has melted so much due to climate change that glaciologists can no longer measure it the way they have for the past 130 years

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19 Aug

Glaciers are the planet's most visible climate indicators, but because they are remote, their loss can feel abstract.

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