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15/12/2016
Tributes paid to former UIAA Medcom President Bruno Durrer
The UIAA is saddened by the news that former UIAA Medical Commission President and longstanding UIAA Medical Commission member Bruno Durrer passed away at the age of 62 earlier this month. “Bruno was very much an internationally respected figure in mountain medicine and mountain rescue, and more...
09/12/2016
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ‘Waste Management Outlook for Mountain Regions. Sources and Solutions’.
International Mountain Day, Sunday 11 December 2016 To mark International Mountain Day, UNEP has produced a dedicated report titled ‘Waste Management Outlook for Mountain Regions. Sources and Solutions’. It will be published on 11 December. Its Executive Summary sets the scene for this groundbreaking report. Mountains...
01/12/2016
International Mountain Day – Share Your Stories
International Mountain Day takes place on Sunday 11 December and the UIAA will mark the occasion by producing a dedicated article on climate change. Member federations are invited to contact the UIAA, news@theuiaa.org to share details about their own activities on this significant annual occasion.
31/10/2016
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UIAA – Newsletter, October 2016. Now Published.
The October 2016 UIAA Newsletter is now available. The 2016 UIAA General Assembly, held in Brixen (Bressanone), Italy and organised by the Alpenverein Südtirol AVS, took centre-stage this month. UIAA member federations from six continents attended the annual meeting which witnessed Frits Vrijlandt re-elected as President, the confirmation...
17/10/2016
Mountain Wilderness, France winner of 2016 UIAA Mountain Protection Award
Mountain Wilderness, a French-based project dedicated principally to the removal of obsolete manmade facilities in the European Alps, was announced as winner of the 2016 UIAA Mountain Protection Award during a ceremony held at the UIAA General Assembly in Brixen (Bressanone), Sudtirol, Italy on Friday...
05/10/2016
Review: 2016 UIAA Respect the Mountains Series
9 events. 8 countries. 614 volunteers. 3,000 kilometres. 5 tonnes of waste. Several mountain areas across Europe are a little greener, more vibrant and significantly less polluted following a successful UIAA Respect the Mountains Series, held throughout the summer of 2016 across nine events in eight...
05/10/2016
05/09/2016
UIAA MedCom article published
The UIAA Medical Commission’s article ‘Drug Use and Misuse in the Mountains: A UIAA MedCom Consensus Guide for Medical Professionals’ has been published by High Altitude Medicine & Biology. High Altitude Medicine & Biology is the first peer-reviewed journal focused exclusively on the latest advances in...
30/08/2016