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Statute

Our Statute is provided here, both in its registered version in Italian, and in the translation into English.

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“Mountain wilderness” refers to any pristine, untouched mountain environment, where anyone can experience vast open spaces, silence, solitude, nature. “The value of wilderness therefore lies above all in its potential to stimulate a creative relationship between civilised man and the natural environment. It is the degree of authenticity of this relationship that gives a non-ephemeral meaning to adventure.”

This definition dates back to 1987, when the Biella theses, our manifesto, were written. They marked the birth of Mountain Wilderness.

Mountain Wilderness International (MWI) is the umbrella organisation of the national chapters of Mountain Wilderness. It facilitates communication and exchange among national chapters, coordinates and organises international projects and actions and officially represents the organisation in its relations with governments, authorities, international institutions and non-governmental organisations.

If you share our ideas and you wish to help us, please join a national chapter. Mountain Wilderness has chapters in a dozen countries.

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The plans of Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de #Catalunya #FGC, #Catalonia’s public railway company, for Vallter 2000 ski resort in our new blog post. Vallter faces the most challenging period in its history due to unsustainability both in economical and environmental terms and is planning to build a mega cable car with a capacity of 16,000 people/day, situated close to the cross-border ridge that connects the Parc Natural de les Capçaleres del Ter i del Freser to the highly sensitive Py, Mantet, and Eyne Nature Reserves.By Antoine Glory 🙏Mountain Wilderness FranceMountain Wilderness CatalunyaMountain Wilderness PakistanMountain Wilderness SchweizMountain Wilderness EspañaMountain Wilderness ItaliaMountain Wilderness DeutschlandMountain Wilderness DRCongo ... See MoreSee Less

The Vallter 2000 cable car project in Catalonia’s Eastern Pyrenees - Mountain Wilderness

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By Antoine Glory Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya or FGC, Catalonia’s public railway company, is spearheading the planning of a new infrastructure, which could transport up to two thousan...
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From 23 percent less in the northern Alps to a decrease of almost 50 percent on the southwestern slopes: between 1920 and 2020, snowfall across the entirety of the Alps has decreased on average by a significant 34 percent. ... See MoreSee Less

In a hundred years, snowfall in the Alps has decreased by more than a third

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From 23 percent less in the northern Alps to a decrease of almost 50 percent on the southwestern slopes: between 1920 and 2020, snowfall across the entirety of the Alps has decreased on average by a s...
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Today, the Standing Committee of the Berne Convention decided to lower the protection status of #wolves. This decision, influenced by the EU's efforts to weaken wolf protections, is considered a serious error as it lacks any solid scientific foundation and #wolf populations have barely recovered after going extinct in most parts of Europe. ... See MoreSee Less

Nature under attack: Bern Convention weakens wolf protection

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oday, the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention voted to lower the protection status of wolves, a decision widely criticised by conservation experts and environmental organisations. This decision,...
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"Approximately 89% of the population is Greenlandic Inuit​ and, while ​surveys indicate strong support for increasing the size of the tourism sector​, concerns have been voiced in this community, particularly about the spoiling of the land’s pristine beauty and the potential for foreign companies to leach the profits."#Greenland ... See MoreSee Less

Greenland split over benefits of tourism as territory opens to the world

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Direct flights from the US to Nuuk expected to double next year but there are concerns about the expected influx
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"Permafrost thaws across the globe are destroying housing and infrastructure, and disrupting ecosystems. These slumps are also harbingers of a cascading environmental catastrophe: there is twice as much carbon locked up in permafrost as in the atmosphere." ... See MoreSee Less

‘The land is tearing itself apart’: life on a collapsing Arctic isle

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On Qikiqtaruk, off Canada, researchers at the frontier of climate change are seeing its rich ecology slide into the sea as melting permafrost ice leaves little behind
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mwildernessint Mountain Wilderness International @mwildernessint ·
7 Dec

The Gliederferner glacier joins the ranks of South Tyrolean glaciers facing a bleak future. Scientific data confirms this trend: South Tyrol’s glaciers shrank by 19.7% 1983-1997 due to global warming, and by a further 11.9% btw 1997-2006 #shrinkingglaciers
https://www.mountainwilderness.org/2024/12/03/november-december-gliederferner-glacier/

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EU Negotiators Delay Deforestation Ban, Discard Proposed Changes

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The plans of Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de #Catalunya #FGC, #Catalonia’s public railway company, for Vallter 2000 ski resort. Vallter faces the most challenging period in its history due to unsustainability both in economical and environmental terms

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4 Dec

New study: In 100 years, #snowfall in the #Alps has decreased by more than a third between 1920 and 2020. On southwestern slopes, the decrease amounts even to 50%.

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green_europe EEB @green_europe ·
3 Dec

This morning the Standing Committee to the Bern Convention decided to weaken wolf protection.
"This decision undermines European environmental governance and diminishes the credibility of EU environmental policy as one grounded in scientific evidence."
https://eeb.org/nature-under-attack-bern-convention-weakens-wolf-protection/

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The plans of Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de #Ca The plans of Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de #Catalunya, #Catalonia’s public railway company, for Vallter 2000 ski resort in our new blog post. Vallter faces the most challenging period in its history due to unsustainability both in economical and environmental terms and is planning to build a mega cable car with a capacity of 16,000 people/day, situated close to the cross-border ridge that connects the Parc Natural de les Capçaleres del Ter i del Freser to the highly sensitive Py, Mantet, and Eyne Nature Reserves. By Antoine Glory 🙏 Link in bio #mountainwilderness #mountainlovers #wilderness #Catalunya #Vallter2000 #ski #cablecar #snow #environment #naturepark
International Mountain Day 2024 "Great things are International Mountain Day 2024 "Great things are done when women and mountains meet" Teatro Bruno Munari, Milan Check our events on facebook and join us in Milan, on Dec 9! Link in bio #IMD2024 #IMD #InternationalMountainDay #MountainsMatter #mountainwilderness #SwatProject #GirlsinAction #Pakistan #womenempowerment
It is always a pleasure to welcome a new chapter, It is always a pleasure to welcome a new chapter, but in this case we have welcomed a whole new continent into our family! Say hello to: Mountain Wilderness DR Congo! 💚 #Africa #DRCongo #mountainwilderness #mountainsmatter #mountainlovers #leavenotrace #cleanclimbing
The Trift Glacier (Triftgletscher) covers the nort The Trift Glacier (Triftgletscher) covers the north-western flank of the 4,000er Weissmies (4,017 m, Canton of Valais). In September 2017, experts predicted the collapse of a tongue of the glacier, leading to the evacuation of Saas Grund as a precautionary measure. Shortly after, 2/3 of the endangered ice masses (about 500,000 m3) broke off and settled at an altitude of approximately 3,300 m asl. Swiss glaciers are melting at an alarming rate, with a 10% decrease in volume between 2022 and 2023, the equivalent of the ice mass lost between 1960 and 1990. 📷 courtesy of Gotlind Blechschmidt Read more on the Trift glacier in our new blog post on the #glacierofthemonth. Link in bio. #shrinkingglaciers #Switzerland #Alps #mountainsmatter #mountainlovers #mountainwilderness #climatechange #glaciers #cleanclimbing #leavenotrace
Illiniza is a glacier-covered stratovolcano locate Illiniza is a glacier-covered stratovolcano located in Ecuador. It has two peaks, Illiniza Norte and Illiniza Sur, and forms a prominent landmark to the west of the Interandean Valley. Illiniza Sur has permanent snow and glaciers. Read more in our latest "The Glacier of the Month" blog post. Link in bio. All pics (including the summit one, dated 1963) are courtesy of our International Guarantor #EdwinBernbaum 🙏 #glacierofthemonth #glacier #mountainwilderness #mountainsmatter #mountainlovers #shrinkingglaciers #cleanclimbing #leavenotrace
Eighty years ago, Italy was at war, torn between N 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 war and struggle, of hunger, cold and bombings, of reprisals, deportations and massacres. With this in mind, Mountain Wilderness devoted an entire year to retrace the mountain trails once used by partisans in the regions Lazio, Abruzzi, Tuscany, Friuli, Trentino, Veneto and Piedmont. Check out our new blog post on Partisan Trails! Link in bio #sentieripartigiani #resistance #mountains #mountainsmatter #trails #WW2 #worldwar2
Carbon Glacier has thinned and retreated since 197 Carbon Glacier has thinned and retreated since 1970, although it has the largest volume of any glacier on the mountain, due to its unusual thickness. It has shaped the landscape of Mount Rainier and the history of Mount Rainier National Park #glacier #MountRainier #CarbonGlacier #shrinkingglaciers #glacierofthemonth #mountainsmatter #climatecrisis #cleanclimbing #leavenotrace Check out our new blog post, link in bio!
Today is #EarthOvershootDay. It marks the date w Today is #EarthOvershootDay. It marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. Now until the end of this year the whole world will operate on deficit. We need to reduce our #EcologicalFootprint! #MountainsMatter #mountainlovers #mountainwilderness #climatecrisis #leavenotrace #cleanclimbing
Chimborazo is an inactive volcano located in the w Chimborazo is an inactive volcano located in the western cordillera of the Andes and is the highest mountain in Ecuador. Chimborazo glacier is a temperate one, i.e. it is at the pressure melting point, thus being a fast indicator of climate change. Local mountain guides report that 10-12 years ago, along the normal route, it extended up to 150m further down. Check out our glacier of the month! Link in bio #mountainwilderness #shrinkingglaciers #mountainsmatter #Chimborazo #Ecuador #Andes #mountainlovers #cleanclimbing #leavenotrace #climatecrisis
'Shrinking glaciers and Mountain Wilderness'. A b 'Shrinking glaciers and Mountain Wilderness'. A blog post written by our long-time International Guarantor @goedeke.richard Link in bio #mountainsmatter #mountainlovers #glaciers #shrinkingglaciers #mountains #melting #globalwarming #climatechange #nature #cleanclimbing #leavenotrace
The Humboldt Glacier (Pico Humboldt, 4,942 m asl) The Humboldt Glacier (Pico Humboldt, 4,942 m asl) in the Sierra Nevada National Park was the last of Venezuela’s glaciers. It was downgraded to ice field, as it melted much faster than expected, shrinking to an area of less than 2 ha. This means Venezuela has likely become the first country in modern history to lose all its glaciers. #shrinkingglaciers #MountainsMatter #glacierofthemonth #mountainwilderness #cleanclimbing #leavenotrace #climatecrisis Link in bio 📷 credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery
📯 Let us introduce our new Presidency Team for 📯 Let us introduce our new Presidency Team for the term 2024-2026! (from upper left corner to lower right one) Gabriella Suzanne Vanzan, President Jordi Quera, Vice President Hugues Thièbault, Vice President Sabine Rentschler, Vice President Susanna Gonella, Treasurer Gloria Solini, Secretary General Thank you so much to our outgoing members Gotlind Blechschmidt and Karin Lankes! #mountainwilderness #mountainsmatter #mountainlovers #cleanclimbing #leavenotrace #glaciers #shrinkingglaciers
The Weißkugel/Palla Bianca, 3,738 m asl, is locat The Weißkugel/Palla Bianca, 3,738 m asl, is located at the border between South Tyrol and North Tyrol and therefore between Italy and Austria. It is the third highest mountain in Austria after Großglockner and Wildspitze and the second highest in the Ötztal Alps/Alpi Venoste. In 2022, the Hintereisferner glacier lost 5% of its volume – in just one year. This corresponds to almost 20 million m3 of water, about as much as the city of Innsbruck consumes in drinking water in 20 months. In previous years, the average volume loss was 1-2% per year. 📷 courtesy of Gotlind Blechschmidt (2011) and Tobias Miller (2022) Link in bio #ShrinkingGlaciers #Weißkugel #PallaBianca #Austria #ÖtztalAlps #AlpiVenoste #Hintereisferner
Here's a brief video overview of our all-women cou Here's a brief video overview of our all-women course "Girls in Action" held in Swat, Pakistan. Courtesy of @fazal_khaliq 🙏 #SwatProject #girlsinaction #mountainwilderness #mountainsmatter #mountainlovers #womenpower #cleanclimbing #leavenotrace
April 27 marked the end of our ‘Girls in Action! April 27 marked the end of our ‘Girls in Action!’ course, organised in collaboration with the International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies #ISMEO and the Italian Academic Alpine Club #CAAI. Its success exceeded all our expectations! Thank you to our wonderful all-women team: Francesca Colesanti, Chiara Delpino, Susanna Gonella, Elisa Peyrot, Patrizia Romagnolo, Concep Mirò and Ayesha Hinna; and to Carlo Alberto Pinelli, Head of Mountain Wilderness’ Asian Desk. Thank you to @unmountainsmatter (FAO) and @banca_sella for their support, to @scarpa_world for their contribution in the form of mountain and climbing footwear and to @ferrino_official for its mountain equipment. Link to our blog post in bio #SwatProject #GirlsInAction #Pakistan #mountainsmatter #mountainlovers #womenpower #environmentfriendly #cleanclimbing #leavenotrace #arts
Due to the snow leopard’s reclusive nature, it i Due to the snow leopard’s reclusive nature, it is not known how many remain. But there are not enough, and populations are dwindling. Mountain ecosystems are under pressure from the triple planetary crisis: the crisis of climate change, the crisis of nature and biodiversity loss, and the crisis of pollution and waste. Habitats are shrinking. Climate change is reducing prey populations. Poaching and human-wildlife conflict have taken a toll. Read our full blog post in bio. #CMS #COP14 #snowleopard #biodiversity #vanishingtreasures #mountainsmatter #mountainlovers #leavenotrace
A visual update from Swat 💚 #SwatProject #girl A visual update from Swat 💚 #SwatProject #girlsinaction #Pakistan #womenpower #girlpower #MountainsMatter #mountainlovers #cleanclimbing #leavenotrace
Our all-women mountain course 'Girls in Action' wi Our all-women mountain course 'Girls in Action' within the framework of our Swat Project kicked off yesterday! 💪💪💪 #SwatProject #Swat #Pakistan #MountainsMatter #mountainlovers #womenpower
The #Adamello Glacier, located on the border of th The #Adamello Glacier, located on the border of the regions Lombardy and Trentino, is the biggest of its kind in the Italian #Alps. Scientists say in less than a century it will be gone. Link in bio 📷 courtesy of @onthetrailoftheglaciers 🙏 #shrinkingglaciers #mountainsmatter #mountainlovers #mountainwilderness #climatechange #Adamello #Alps
On December 20, 2023, the European Commission tabl 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. Coexistence between humans and large carnivores is not only desirable but also possible. Mountain Wilderness strongly opposes these developments and calls on the Member States of the European Union to refuse to turn wolves into a target for Sunday hunters. Link in bio #wildlife #mountainwilderness #largecarnivores #wolf #mountains #mountainlovers #mountainsmatter #BerneConvention #HabitatsDirective
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