Biodiversité

Le Comité français de l’UICN publie « Les Solutions fondées sur la Nature pour les risques gravitaires et incendie en France ». Les projets présentés montrent que nous pouvons à la fois réduire les risques naturels en forêt (glissements de terrains, chutes de pierres, avalanches, incendies) et protéger la biodiversité. L’objectif de cette étude est de faciliter […]

Hard and soft plastics are the most common types of waste encountered at altitude by mountaineers, the first survey of its kind has found — with two thirds of mountaineers spotting litter most or every time they set foot on a mountain.While much attention in recent years has gone to the impact of waste – including plastic waste - in the world´s oceans, pollution in mountain regions has rarely made the headlines.A new global survey, led by Björn Alfthan and Laurent Fouinat from GRID-Arendal, sought the voices of mountain guides, mountaineers and other mountain enthusiasts to shed light on the extent and nature of waste pollution in the mountains.