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International Mountain Day 2024

International Mountain Day 2024 Great things are done when women and mountains meet Where: Teatro Bruno Munari, Milan, Italy When: Monday, December 9, 2024, 7pm CET International Mountain Day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2002. Every year since then, on 11 December, mountain lovers gather to …

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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 collaboration with the International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies (ISMEO) and the Italian Academic Alpine Club (CAAI), as a joint venture with the Government Post Graduate College …

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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 status. This large carnivore is currently classified as a “strictly protected species” under the Berne Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats. The EU Commission …

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Swat girls in action, 2024

We are pleased to inform you that next year we will be holding a second women-only basic mountain course in the Pakistani …

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Protect the Andes Cordillera!

There is growing concern in San Fabián, Ñuble Region, Chile. The real estate company Genau Green is parcelling up the cordillera, fragmenting …