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Pre-Season Update on Snow, Avalanches and the Latest Rescue Protocols For UIMLA members

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On Monday 20th December 2021 UIMLA joined with our colleagues from other MountainSafety.info organisations for a pre-season update on risk management, snowpack assessment, online resources of avalanche warning services, the latest research on avalanche accidents including the first fully flow-chart based rescue protocols and an update on the on-site treatment of the avalanche patient by […]

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UIMLA Aligns With Other Sector Leaders To Signs The Glasgow Declaration On Climate Action In Tourism

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UIMLA announced today that it has become a signatory of the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism. The Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism unites travel and tourism behind a common set of pathways for climate action, aligning the sector with global commitments and catalysing collaborative solutions to the many challenges facing businesses

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Sustainability & Environmental Working Group

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UIMLA is an international governing body based in Switzerland which is representing International Mountain Leaders (IMLs) working in mountain tourism across the world, around 5.000 professional individuals and 27 countries. The mountain environment is our home and working place in the same time, from south of Argentina to north of Sweden, from Japan Mountains to

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UIMLA Is Now Based In Switzerland

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UIMLA (the Union of International Mountain Leader Associations) is pleased to announce that it has relocated to Switzerland. From July 19th 2021, the official base of UIMLA is in the commune of Villars-sur-Ollon in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. UIMLA has 21 full member associations and 7 aspirant associations representing the professional mountain leaders or

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The first-ever global survey on waste in mountains

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BAIML, UIMLA, the IFMGA, the UIAA and Kilian Jornet Foundation are in collaboration with a project led by GRID-Arendal and the  United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and other partners, is launching the 2021 Mountain Waste Survey. This is the first-ever global survey of the public on waste in mountain areas.  More than 1.1 billion people live

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UIMLA partnership with MountainSafety.info

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UIMLA is pleased to announce a new partnership with MountainSafety.info. The other associative members of MountainSafety.info are the International Federation of Mountain Guide Associations (IFMGA) and the scientific member SLF/WSL Swiss Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research. The NATO Centre of Excellence of Mountain Warfare is an institutional affiliate. The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation

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UIMLA Membership 2021

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UIMLA now has 21 Full members and we’re becoming an organisation with a global reach. Each member will have a UIMLA membership card with a holographic sticker on it to validate they meet our standard. Each association tells us how many members they have before our AGA so we can send those stickers in good

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