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Successful release of 3 Bearded vultures in the Vercors massif

Three Bearded Vultures were reintroduced in the Vercors massif last June. This action aims at reinforcing the Alpine population and creating a corridor between the Alps and the Pyrenees.

 

 

This reintroduction is in line with a biodiversity restoration policy led by the Parc Naturel Régional du Vercors since the 1980s. It has been the object of a partnership with ASTERS (Conservatoire des Espaces Naturels de Haute-Savoie), VCF (Vulture Conservation Foundation) and the LPO (Ligue de Protection des Oiseaux, Birds Protection League). This conservation plan is also supported by the Ministry of Ecology, Energy, sustainable development and the sea. The Petzl Foundation supports ASTERS in its role of dialogue/cooperation with climbers.

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Makay, the last Eden in flames

The first international scientific expedition in the Makay mountain range in south-west Madagascar confirms the urgency of the implementation of conservation measures. Organized by the Naturevolution association, it has brought together adozen researchers from several institutes and universities and Malagasy researchers. Accompanied by climbers and cavers, scientists have gained access to the most remote and highly inaccessible areas, to collect samples.

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Saving Cochamo

Access PanAm, created in August 2009 and whose main sponsor has been the Petzl Foundation, supports climber’s organizations throughout Latin America to keep climbing areas open. Its first campaign was therefore to support two local associations to save one of Latin America's most important rock climbing sites, Cochamo, in Chilean Patagonia.
 

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Great success for symposium of the Bonelli's eagle


The symposium "Conservation of the Bonelli's eagle” was held on the 28th and 29th January 2010 in Montpellier who gathered around 200 people on 2 days. It was an opportunity to share our knowledge available of France and surrounding countries.

 

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Petzl Foundation supports scientific explorations

2010, year of Biodiversity: It's also an opportunity for the Petzl Foundation to strengthen its links with the naturalist expeditions. Thus, in early January, a team of explorers and researchers is in part of Makay, little-known ruiniform massive of Madagascar, while scientific cavers have joined the Southern Hemisphere in a small Pacific island - Madre de Dios.

 
 

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First steps of Access PanAm

Access PanAm's inaugural meeting was held August 12 -16th, in Squamish, British Columbia. Seven countries participated: US ACCESS FUND, Canadian Access Societies, UIAA Access Commission, Spanish Mountaineering and Climbing Federation, as well as several climbers from Colombia, Honduras and Peru.
 
 

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The Access PanAm initiative supported by the Petzl Foundation

Armando Menocal is behind the Access PanAm initiative, a project that brings together climbers, climbing organizations, clubs, federations and various other not-for-profit institutions around a shared desire to preserve access to the climbing sites of the western hemisphere.

 

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Mountain safety training


In 2006, La Chamoniarde, a mountain safety and rescue association, set up a series of free training workshops in mountain safety. these training days, intented for non-beginners practicing a mountain activity, aim to provide the essential knowledge for safe glacier activities.

 

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Petzl foundation awarded at sponsorship's Oscars

Every year, Admical organizes the company sponsorship competition, in partnership with Fondation de France, BFM radio and La Tribune.
For the 26th edition, the Petzl Foundation is among the three finalists for small and medium sized firm's Oscar.

 

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Ice crystals video - 2007


Discover the video of the fundamental research program about icefalls launching, in 2007.

 

 

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