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Mountain Liaison Officers

by Muhammad Afzel Scherazi A Mountain Liaison Officer is an officer seconded to a foreign mountaineering expedition visiting the Greater Himalayas for …

Swat 2023. Help us to complete it. (1, featured cut).

Help us complete the Swat project

The Swat Project is heading towards its end. This project is being carried out with the help of the International Association for …

The 2026 Winter Olympics: Doom or Boon or Doom and Gloom?

Ever since the Olympics were awarded by the IOC to Milan and Cortina, Mountain Wilderness has always maintained that all promises of …

Our Swat Project is approaching its end. Will you join us this year?

This year the Asian Desk of Mountain Wilderness International and Mountain Wilderness Pakistan intend to conclude the exploration part of the SWAT …

Activity done by Mountain Wilderness Italy for International Mountain Day 2022 (featured)

Mountain Wilderness and International Mountain Day 2022

“Women move mountains” was the theme of this year’s International Mountain Day (IMD) on 11 December. “Women play a key role in …

Climate change and sky industry (featured image)

Climate change and the ski industry

July came with good news: the referendum in St. Leonhard im Pitztal (Tyrol, Austria) put an end to the planned Pitztal-Ötztal expansion, …

Girls in Action! The Swat Project, Pakistan

Here is a brief report by Carlo Alberto Pinelli on the “Girls in Action!” course that was held in August. “The course …

Call for participation in Swat 2022 project (1)

Call to apply for registration to take part in The Swat Project 2022

MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS INTERNATIONAL (Asian Desk) CAAI – Academic Alpine Club of Italy ISMEO – International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies MOUNTAIN …

United Mountains of Europe in Brussel, 11/12/2021

International Mountain Day 2021

Once again, this year we had to give up the idea of holding an international event in person. But we have not …

SWAT PROJECT 2021

The Swat Project moved its first steps in 2018. Since then, several environment friendly mountaineering courses were held with local trainees and …

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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.

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3 days ago

Last Sunday, 60 people gathered on the Girose glacier, in the French Alps, to denounce the wicked plan to extend the La Grave cable car across a remarkable natural area, already severely challenged by climate change.Observations of helicopter overflights and trampling of the area were proof that work had already begun, i.e. SATG, La Grave tourist development company, had started construction work without waiting for the verdict on the case, which will be issued in 2024.The Hautes-Alpes prefect must decide by September 26 whether or not the work on this area – that is home to a protected species (Androsace du Dauphiné) - falls within the scope of Art. L.411-1 of the French Environment Code, and thus whether continuing the work requires a derogation.If the Prefect does not give SATG formal notice by September 26 (which he did not), the associations will continue their fight by lodging a new appeal, this time against the French State.And here is the video of the people who climbed 1600m last Sunday from La Grave to defend the majestic Girose glacier at the foot of the Meije, threatened by the devastating cable car project.This is just a short summary of what is happening on the Girose glacier, one of the many examples of the devastating effects our glaciers are suffering at the hands of man, as if human-caused climate change weren't enough.Mountain Wilderness France ... See MoreSee Less

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3 days ago

Josep Sicart i Tauler, founding member of Mountain Wilderness Catalunya, which he had also chaired, and International Guarantor of MW International, has passed away. His whole life was devoted to mountain activities and protection. Read our tribute to Josep Adapted, translated version of the tribute written in French by Mountain Wilderness France ... See MoreSee Less

Tribute to Josep Sicart - Mountain Wilderness

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Josep Sicart i Tauler, a founding member of MW Catalunya and an International Guarantor of MW International, has passed away. His whole life was devoted to mountain activities and protection. When he ...

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5 days ago

Antarctic sea ice hits record low. 'Antarctica’s huge glacial ice expanse and the surrounding sea ice cover are critical to regulating the climate because it reflects the sun’s energy back to the atmosphere and space. In contrast, the dark ocean surface absorbs most of the sun’s incoming energy. So, less sea ice contributes to increasing temperatures – thus accelerating a vicious cycle.”There is growing concern about rapid changes in the cryosphere – melting sea ice, ice sheets and glaciers,” says Omar Baddour, chief of climate monitoring at WMO. “The drop in Antarctic sea ice this year has been really dramatic. What happens in Antarctica and the Arctic affects the entire globe,” he says.'#Antarctica #seaice #recordlow #climatecrisis World Meteorological Organization ... See MoreSee Less

Antarctic sea ice reaches lowest winter extent on record

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Antarctic sea ice has reached its maximum extent after the cold dark winter months. According to the preliminary data from the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), the maximum extent remained...

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Mountain Wilderness International

6 days ago

More than a thousand people gathered in Cortina last Sunday to say "no" to a new bobsled track. The old one was used for the 1956 Olympics and was closed in 2008 because of rising maintenance costs. A new bobsled track would cost more than 120 million euro and cause heavy environmental damage.Civil society, local committees, environmental NGOs, the Italian Alpine Club, a group of mountain writers and a few politicians took part in the protests. Mountain Wilderness will continue its efforts to limit the damage of a Winter Olympics that promises to be catastrophic from an environmental point of view.There are still millions of euros of public money at stake for speculation and concrete construction works that will affect Olympic territories with new roads and new ski links.#MilanoCortina2026 #Cortina #WinterOlympics #nonewbobsledtrack #IOC Mountain Wilderness Italia ... See MoreSee Less

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7 days ago

This weekend Mountain Wilderness Catalunya removed the remains of a plane that crashed in 1961 at the foot of Barbet peak in the Canigó massif, in the heart of the Pyrénées-Orientales. #grandsitecanigó Mountain Wilderness France ... See MoreSee Less

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29 Sep

Josep Sicart i Tauler, founding member of @MWildernessCat, which he had also chaired, and International Guarantor of MW International, has passed away. His whole life was devoted to #mountain activities & protection. Read our tribute to Josep at the link

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27 Sep

More than 1,000 people gathered in #Cortina last Sunday to say "NO" to a new #bobsledtrack that would cost more than € 120mln & cause heavy environmental damage. We will continue our efforts to limit the damage of a Winter Olympics that claimed to be the “most sustainable” ever

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27 Sep

#Antarctica sea ice hits record low. It is "critical to regulating the #climate because it reflects the sun’s energy back to atmosphere & space. In contrast, the dark ocean surface absorbs most of the sun’s incoming energy. So, less sea ice contributes to increasing temperatures"

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22 Sep

#MWGermany organised a protest action in #Platzertal 🇦🇹 -Ötztal Alps- against #Kaunertal power plant expansion. The planned dam would flood over 63,000 sqm of moorland & withdraw up to 80% water from one of the valleys in Tyrol receiving lowest rainfall
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19 Sep

Expedition parties of the #SwatProject have returned to Europe from #Pakistan. The project, initiated and led by MW International aims to publish a guidebook on Swat and establish a vast protected mountain area there #HKH #mountainsmatter