Storm warning on the Catalan Pyrenees
Under the presumptuous and somewhat misleading wording of “Consolidation of major Catalan Pyrenees sites ” an irresponsible project with expected disastrous consequences …
First model forest in Ecuador
The Ibero-American Model Forest Network (Red Iberoamericana de Bosques Modelo) has made of the Andean Chocó (Chocó Andino) the first model forest …
Mountain Wilderness International, General Assembly in Bagà, Catalonia, May 20 to 22
The Mountain Wilderness International General Assembly is hold every 2 years. This year the meeting will take place from May 20th to …
Chiquibul National Park jeopardized by the lack of agreement on borders
Since its independence, in 1821, Guatemala claims sovereignty over the south part of what was then the British Honduras, now Belize. Since …
A new American study on the impact of climate change on the retention of metals in the forests
A recent study, undertaken by the Dartmouth College in the mountains of New England, has been published by the journal Plant and …
Seoul promotes soft mobility for mountain access
Seoul, the South-Korean capital, is surrounded by mountains. The Seoul Trail (Dulegil, 서울 둘레길) is a 157 kilometres trail encircling completely the …
In Chinese mountains, business before environment
In its frenzy of development, China could not ignore the mountain. The Liuba station, in the south of the Shaanxi Province, is …
Nepal is dying…Who cares?
The situation in Nepal is very critical. Jean Michel Asselin, a French reporter who just came back from Nepal is shouting a …
Monitoring the Guadarrama Range
The Guadarrama Range (Sierra de Guadarrama) is a mountain range in the centre of Spain, between Madrid and Segovia. Being near the …
Eleventh Mountain Youth Conference in Paris
Each year, days before the start of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the Convention of the United Nations framework on …