{"id":34987,"date":"2025-07-30T15:31:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T18:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/gear-tips-is-a-finalist-for-the-uiaa-mountain-protection-award-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T15:31:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T18:31:26","slug":"gear-tips-is-a-finalist-for-the-uiaa-mountain-protection-award-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/en\/gear-tips-is-a-finalist-for-the-uiaa-mountain-protection-award-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Gear Tips is a finalist for the UIAA Mountain Protection Award 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gear Tips is among the finalists of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theuiaa.org\/mountain-protection-award\/2025-mpa-nominee-gear-tips-outdoor\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Gear Tips no Mountain Protection Award UIAA\" rel=\"noopener\">Mountain Protection Award 2025<\/a>, promoted by the UIAA (International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation). The award recognizes projects focused on sustainability and tackling climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Fulfilling our commitment to initiatives aimed at a more sustainable future, we are competing with the <a href=\"https:\/\/geartips.com\/programa-capacitar\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Saiba mais sobre o Programa Capacitar\" rel=\"noopener\">CAPACITAR Program<\/a>, which highlights the <a href=\"https:\/\/geartips.club\/academy\/courses\/curso-presencial-leave-no-trace-instrutor-nivel-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Saiba mais sobre o Curso Leave No Trace Instructor 1\">Leave No Trace course<\/a>. This training, focused on minimal environmental impact, has already certified more than 250 people \u2013 including guides, instructors, and conservation unit agents working in national parks such as Tijuca, Serra dos \u00d3rg\u00e3os, Chapada dos Veadeiros, and Diamantina, as well as natural areas like Serra do Papagaio, Serra da Mantiqueira, among others.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/curso-leave-no-trace-instrutor-nivel-1-parque-nacional-tijuca.webp\" alt=\"Curso leave No Trace Instrutor N\u00edvel 1 - Parque Nacional da Tijuca - Rio de Janeiro\" width=\"1024\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/curso-leave-no-trace-instrutor-nivel-1-parque-nacional-tijuca.webp 1024w, https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/curso-leave-no-trace-instrutor-nivel-1-parque-nacional-tijuca-300x176.webp 300w, https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/curso-leave-no-trace-instrutor-nivel-1-parque-nacional-tijuca-768x450.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/curso-leave-no-trace-pessoas-pretas.webp\" alt=\"Curso Leave No Trace - Foto: Divulga\u00e7\u00e3o\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/curso-leave-no-trace-pessoas-pretas.webp 1024w, https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/curso-leave-no-trace-pessoas-pretas-300x199.webp 300w, https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/curso-leave-no-trace-pessoas-pretas-768x510.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe program follows a very inspiring vision, and its objectives of expansion and connection with other people \u2013 having a love for the mountains as the driving force for significant and lasting change \u2013 resonate deeply with the values of the Mountain Protection Award. It is an extremely well-planned and executed project, with a proven track record of success and strong ties to the mountain sports community in Brazil,\u201d commented one of the Mountain Protection Award 2025 evaluators on the UIAA website.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The grand prize winner will be announced in October 2025.<\/p>\n<p>This program is supported by the Confedera\u00e7\u00e3o Brasileira de Montanhismo e Escalada (CBME) and has been designated as a <a href=\"https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/programa-capacitar-gold-standard-leave-no-trace\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Gold Standard Program\">Gold Standard Program<\/a> by Leave No Trace.<\/p>\n<h2>Gas Cartridge Recycling Program was awarded in 2023<\/h2>\n<p>This is the second time Gear Tips has been among the finalists of the UIAA Mountain Protection Award. In 2023, the <a href=\"https:\/\/revistapegn.globo.com\/um-so-planeta\/noticia\/2023\/11\/startup-focada-em-atividades-ao-ar-livre-ganha-destaque-mundial-com-programa-de-reciclagem.ghtml\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Leia sobre esta premia\u00e7\u00e3o no site do Pequenas Empresas &amp; Grandes Neg\u00f3cios\" rel=\"noopener\">Gas Cartridge Recycling Program won first place<\/a> in the award ceremony held in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Programa-Recilagem-MPAwinner2023-UIAA.jpg\" alt=\"Programa de Reciclagem do Goear Tips Ganha pr\u00eamui internacional de Prote\u00e7\u00e3o das Montanhas da UIAA 2023\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Programa-Recilagem-MPAwinner2023-UIAA.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Programa-Recilagem-MPAwinner2023-UIAA-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Programa-Recilagem-MPAwinner2023-UIAA-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Programa-Recilagem-MPAwinner2023-UIAA-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imagem-nota\">Pedro Lacaz Amaral receiving the MPA award in 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gear Tips is among the finalists of the Mountain Protection Award 2025, promoted by the UIAA (International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation). The award recognizes projects focused on sustainability and tackling climate change. Fulfilling our commitment to initiatives aimed at a more sustainable future, we are competing with the CAPACITAR Program, which highlights the Leave No [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3586,"featured_media":34743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1417,1414],"tags":[1419,1450,1418,1778],"class_list":["post-34987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-institutional","category-leave-no-trace-en","tag-empowerment-program","tag-institutional","tag-lnt-en","tag-uiaa-en"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3586"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geartips.club\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}