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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

Mountain Wilderness International

7 days ago

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7 days ago

The cholitas escaladoras are part of a wider movement, which has been fighting for their rights since at least the 1960s.“Since I began climbing mountains, I’ve learned the same applies to life, (...) It’s not about getting to the top, but enjoying yourself on the journey. The most important thing is to be happy.” ... See MoreSee Less

‘I’ve never worn trousers up a mountain and I never will’: a Bolivian cholita climber on sexism and her next summit

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As one of Bolivia’s first female Indigenous mountain guides, Cecilia Llusco has scaled its highest peaks and changed the tourism landscape, and she has no plans to slow down

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1 week ago

Our second governing board meeting since the new presidency team took over has just finished! An amazing exchange of ideas between Germany, Spain, Catalonia, France, Switzerland, Italy, Pakistan... we can only learn from each other on how to best protect our beloved mountains!An amazing team! 😍#MountainsMatter Mountain Wilderness SchweizMountain Wilderness FranceMountain Wilderness CatalunyaMountain Wilderness ItaliaMountain Wilderness DeutschlandMountain Wilderness PakistanMountain Wilderness España ... See MoreSee Less

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1 week ago

Illiniza is a glacier-covered stratovolcano located in #Ecuador. It has two peaks, Illiniza Norte and Illiniza Sur, and forms a prominent landmark to the west of the Interandean Valley. #Illiniza Sur has permanent snow and glaciers.Read more in our "The Glacier of the Month" blog post:www.mountainwilderness.org/2024/09/29/september-los-illinizas/All pics (including the summit one, dated 1963) are courtesy of our International Guarantor #EdwinBernbaum 🙏#glacierofthemonth #glacier #MountainsMatter #shrinkingglaciers ... See MoreSee Less

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1 week ago

Thank you so much to Esfera Viva for giving us the opportunity to tell everyone who we are and what we do!If you want to retrace the history of Mountain Wilderness together with our Vice Presidents #jordiquera and Sabine Rentschler, and learn about the crucial role that an NGO can play in protecting the natural and cultural heritage of mountain areas around the world, listen to the podcast at the following link (in Spanish and English): open.spotify.com/episode/7G5MGWMR2IRNV1wrGe40uE#climatechange #shrinkingglaciers #cleanclimbing #leavenotrace #MountainsMatter #mountainloversMountain Wilderness SchweizMountain Wilderness FranceMountain Wilderness CatalunyaMountain Wilderness PakistanMountain Wilderness EspañaMountain Wilderness ItaliaMountain Wilderness Deutschland ... See MoreSee Less

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Mountain Wilderness International @mwildernessint ·

5 Oct

Plant cover across Antarctica has soared more than tenfold over the last decades. The growth of vegetation on a continent dominated by ice & bare rock is a sign of the reach of global heating into the Antarctic, which is warming faster than global average

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2 Oct

🚨 BREAKING: @EU_Commission proposes delay of #EUDR

Our reaction 1/3😡"President Von der Leyen is effectively giving her green light for deforestation to continue for another 12 months - at a time when urgent action is needed to stop it. This delay unfairly penalises those…

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Mountain Wilderness International @mwildernessint ·

2 Oct

"Despite exceptionally large volumes of snow during the winter, a combination of temperatures in July and August that at times reached record levels and dust from the Sahara resulted in a loss of 2.5% of the glacier volume." #scnat #glaciers #Switzerland

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Nepali Times @nepalitimes ·

30 Sep

"Even at the best of times, Kathmandu Valley would not have been able to cope with such freakish rain. But floodplains have been encroached, illegal sand-mining and quarrying increased the sediment load and velocity of the flood waters."

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Mountain Wilderness International @mwildernessint ·

1 Oct

The #cholitas escaladoras are part of a wider movement, which has been fighting for their rights since at least the 1960s. "It’s not about getting to the top, but enjoying yourself on the journey. The most important thing is to be happy." #mountainsmatter