César A. Portocarrero Rodríguez gets the Edmund Hillary Medal
On May 29, 2016, the Peruvian engineer César Augusto Portocarrero Rodríguez has been selected as the winner of the 2017 Sir Edmund …
Signature of the Paris Agreement on climate change: what consequences for the mountains?
On 22 April 2016 (Earth Day), 177 members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) signed the Paris Agreement …
Mountain Wilderness International Meets in Bagà (Catalonia)
The Mountain Wilderness International General Assembly was hold from May 20th to May 22nd in Bagà Catalonia, 120 km North of Barcelona, …
The 7 Summits Company project
A sustainable adventure across the Alps by a team of “SEA BIRDS”. When one lives permanently by the sea, specifically in Normandy, …
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 …