"In summer, ski resorts often become great places under construction. Modern winter tourism today means huge interventions in nature with great use of energy and resources. Due to the constant expansion of tourist areas, no much of nature remains intact. " The words of Josef Schrank and the images of his partner Vincent Sufiyan , from the environmental organization WWF Austria , have generated great stupor after his publication on social networks.
Several excavator shovels intervene directly on the ice of the Piztal glacier, more than 3,000 meters in the Alps . The goal is to expand the Wildspitzbahn ski resort. While the machines dig, the snowblowers redistribute the snow to create the tracks. "This questionable practice must come to an end," says Schrank. Only 7% of the Austrian territory is still showing its original state, free of roads and technical infrastructures.
"In the neighboring ski areas you can already see a threat to the immaculate glacier mountain: large buildings with which tourism works against nature instead of with it," says Josef Schrank and demands: "In addition to a climate policy and brave environmental we need effective glacier protection, which is implemented without exception. "
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