Stop Heliskiing in Switzerland
Last weekend, mountain wilderness Switzerland held its annual demonstration against heli-skiing. Switzerland is – sadly – a hotspot for this environmentally damaging …
The Future of the Mont-Blanc : the debate (re)-begins on the right foot
On March 24 Mountain Wilderness France organized a panel discussion in Argentière, near Chamonix. The theme was: 25 years after the proposal …
Mountain Wilderness International General Assembly 2012
Assling, Germany, May 11th– 13th 2012 The Mountain Wilderness International General Assembly is hold every 2 years. This year the meeting will …
News from « Pointe Helbronner »
Game not over despite the erection of two tower cranes A pair of tower cranes was erected last autumn to help build …
Save the Huichols’ sacred Mountain.
Since 2009 the First Majestic Silver Corp., a Canadian company, acquired 22 concessions to the west of San Luis Potosi state in …
Stop to helisking: A green turn-around on the Marmolada
As of January 1st, permits to land on the mountain will be withdrawn Environmentalists win a decade-long battle “the mountain defaced“ A …
Air Pollution Protest in the Mt Blanc Area
On Saturday, December 3, the highway traffic leading to the Mont Blanc tunnel was blocked for an hour by environmentalists. This action …
ProMONT-BLANC celebrates its 20th anniversary
On November 18, proMont-Blanc will celebrate its 20th anniversary in Chamonix. ProMontblanc http://www.pro-mont-blanc.org/ is an international organization which was created by mountaineering …
Mountain practicing: MW spreads the good word
Since its inception, Mountain Wilderness International’s goal is to change, among mountain practitioners, the perception of nature and the way to behave …
Mountain Wilderness International launches a project to measure human impact on high peaks with impressive results
The MWI expedition successfully climbed four mountains and met with Bolivian associations and mountain agencies A group of four Catalan mountaineers from …