Partisan Trails (Sentieri Partigiani)
Eighty years ago, Italy was at war, torn between Nazi-fascist occupation, the anti-fascist Resistance movement and the slow liberation of the territory …
August: Mount Rainier Glaciers
Mount Rainier, a volcano in the US State of Washington, is the highest peak in the Cascade Range at 4,392 m and …
July: Chimborazo Glacier
The Chimborazo National Park – Reserva de Producción de Fauna Chimborazo in Spanish – is a nature reserve that was established in …
Shrinking glaciers and Mountain Wilderness
by Richard Goedeke We have images of the former might and splendour of the glaciers before our eyes and in our hearts. …
June: Humboldt Glacier
The Humboldt Glacier (Pico Humboldt, 4,942 m asl) in the Sierra Nevada National Park was the last of Venezuela’s glaciers. It was …
May: Hintereisferner Glacier
The Weißkugel/Palla Bianca, 3,738 m asl, is located at the border between South Tyrol and North Tyrol and therefore between Italy and …
Girls in Action! Swat Project 2024
PRESS RELEASE April 27th marked the end of the ‘Swat Girls in Action!’ course organised in Pakistan by Mountain Wilderness International in …
Snow leopard protection in the spotlight in Samarkand
by Hugues Thiebault The fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of …
April: Adamello Glacier
With a surface area of 17 km2 and an estimated volume of 2 km3, the Adamello Glacier, located on the border of …
EU plans to lift ban on wolf hunting
by Hugues Thiebault On December 20, 2023, the European Commission tabled a proposal for a Council Decision aimed at downgrading the wolf’s …