Eighty years ago, Italy was at war, torn between Nazi-fascist occupation, the anti-fascist Resistance movement and the slow liberation of the territory that began with the Allied landings in Sicily. 1944 was a crucial year for the Second World War. For Italy it was a year full of events, of …
by Richard Goedeke We have images of the former might and splendour of the glaciers before our eyes and in our hearts. The new sights make us sad. What is particularly sad is that we now know that this decline is largely due to our collective economy based on the …
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 …
by Hugues Thiebault The fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP14) was hosted by the Government of Uzbekistan, in Samarkand, from February 12 to 17, 2024. The Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Program (GSLEP) …
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 …
Milano Cortina 2026, the most sustainable Olympics ever, with net zero-cost to Italy’s taxpayers! Guess what, the bill has already risen to at least 3.6 billion euro, with almost 3.0 billion euro coming from the state coffers, i.e. ultimately from taxpayers. Expected cost exceeds 5 billion euro. So far, the …
Located in the Aosta Valley, the Cime Bianche valley is one of the few remaining pristine areas in Italy’s Western Alps but is threatened by a cable car project that the regional government intends to implement, regardless of the area being a Natura 2000 SPA-SAC site ‘Ambienti glaciali del gruppo …
We are pleased to inform you that next year we will be holding a second women-only basic mountain course in the Pakistani Swat region. Below is the official press release. Press Release Swat girls in action 2 The unhoped-for success, and mediatic echo, of the first women-only basic mountain course …
There is growing concern in San Fabián, Ñuble Region, Chile. The real estate company Genau Green is parcelling up the cordillera, fragmenting …
The pictures about the gigantic construction work on the Theodul glacier in Zermatt have shocked the outdoor community. In view of the …