The ski lift operator Ski Tofana Marmolada has been given a 6 month prison sentence (suspended) and a 25KEuro find for cutting ski runs into the Marmolada glacier in what is a landmark environmental case for Italy.

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http://mountainwilderness.it/mw/news/displaynews.php?idnews=181

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In particular the case recognised environmental group Mountain Wilderness’s right to be a plaintiff. Lying some 100km north of Venice The Marmolada is the only remaining large glacier in the Italian Dolomites.