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“I’m proud to have brought the rain back”: reforestation revives Cambodian mountains

During the 12th century, people came to Cambodia’s Kulen mountain, a sacred place associated with fertility, to cut huge chunks of stone that would have to be hauled down by elephants.

World marks International Mountain Day with an emphasis on youth

International Mountains Day is being observed today across the world to raise awareness about the importance of mountains. Adopted in 1992, International World Mountain Day is celebrated every year on December 11, with each year focusing on a different theme.

World Soil Day 2020

5 December 2020, Rome, Italy

World Mountains Forum

8 - 10 December 2002, Monaco, Monaco

World Mountain Forum:  Mountain Areas: a major world issue.

5 - 12 June 2000, Paris - Chambery, France

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2018: "Land has true value – Invest in it" (https://www2.unccd.int/actions/17-june-world-day-combat-desertification)

17 June 2018, Bonn, Germany

Workshop on Sustainable Use of Mountain Ecosystems in the Context of the CBD and the Convention of the Alpes (Conference in German). Summary of results will be published in English, French, German, Italian and Slovene

9 - 10 October 2003, Bozen, Italy

Why is Earth so Biologically Diverse? Mountains Hold the Answer

Life on Earth is amazingly diverse, and much of this diversity lies in a rich variety of geographical patterns. What determines these global patterns has been a puzzle for scientists since the days of famed scientists Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin. Yet, despite two centuries of resea ...

What to expect from the rewilding of Italy’s largest mountain range

Italy’s largest mountain range is the latest focus of an ambitious “nature corridors” project aimed at elevating the area’s biodiversity.

Wawu Mountain in SW China ramps up biodiversity protection

Wawu Mountain in southwest China's Sichuan Province has ramped up its biodiversity conservation efforts. Located in Hongya County, Meishan City in Sichuan, the mountain has rich wildlife resources and is a key area for global biodiversity conservation.

Vulnerability of mountain peoples to food insecurity: updated data and analysis of drivers

Mountain people among the world’s hungriest as biodiversity loss and climate change take their toll International Mountain Day 2020 highlights need to protect ecosystems and improve livelihoods.

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/9/INF/11

Report of the ad hoc technical expert group on mountain biodiversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/9/12

Mountain ecosystems<br>Mountain biodiversity: Proposed programme of work

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/8/INF/9

Synthesis of information in thematic reports on mountain ecosystems

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/8/7/ADD1

Mountain biological diversity: Indicative list of technologies relevant to the conservation and sustainable use of mountain biological diversity and other related thematic areas and cross-cutting themes

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/8/7

Mountain biological diversity: Proposed elements for a programme of work on mountain biological diversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/8/6

Mountain Biological Diversity: Measures taken for the conservation and sustainable use of mountain biological diversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/8/5

Mountain biological diversity: Status and trends of, and threats to, mountain biological diversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/2

In-Depth Review of the Implementation of the Programme of Work on Mountain Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/INF/23

Draft Outcome Oriented Targets for the Programmes of Work on the Biological Diversity of Dry and Sub Humid Lands, Forests and Mountain Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/10

Draft Global Outcome Oriented Targets for the Programme of Work on Mountain Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/COP/8/INF/19

Mountains Ecosystems and Their Role as Water Suppliers - Highland waters, a resource of global significance

UNEP/CBD/COP/7/INF/6

Mountain biological diversity<br>Synthesis of information in thematic reports on mountain ecosystems

UNEP/CBD/COP/7/14

Mountain biological diversity

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-MB /1/1/ADD1

Organization of Work: Adoption of the agenda<br>Annotations to the provisional agenda

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-MB /1/1

Provisional agenda

Twenty-fifth meeting of the Plants Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

2 - 4 June 2021, Online, Switzerland

Tropical mountain rivers are where the magic happens

Large tropical mountain river systems aren't getting the respect they deserve—at least not when it comes to research and conservation.

This year, declared International Year of Family Farming by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Mountain Day is being celebrated under the theme of "Mountain Farming”. Mountain agriculture, which is predominantly family farming, has for centuries been a model for sustainable development.

The nature that surrounds us, sustains us. Ensuring that it can continue to do so for future generations is a trust bestowed on us all.

The incredible return of Griffon vulture to Bulgaria's Eastern Balkan Mountains

Fifty years after presumably becoming extinct as a breeding species in Bulgaria, the Griffon vulture, one of the largest birds of prey in Europe, is back in the Eastern Balkan Mountains.

The Himalayas

The Himalayas are the greatest mountain system in Asia and one of the planet’s youngest mountain ranges, that extends for more than 2,400km across the nations of Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.

The Fourth European Mountain Convention 2004

25 - 26 November 2004, Rodez, France

The Banff Mountain Millennium Celebration

30 October - 5 November 2000, Banff, Canada

Tanzania: Udzungwa Mountains National Park Has 400 Bird, 2,500 Plant Species

UDZUNGWA Mountains National Park is a national park in Tanzania with a size of 1,990km2. The habitats contained within the national park include tropical rainforest, mountain forest, miombo woodland, grassland and steppe. There is a vertical height range of 250-2,576 metres (the peak of Lohomero ...

Tanzania: Lion-Free Arusha Park is Also Home to Mount Meru

Nestled between Mount Meru and Mount Kilimanjaro is the Arusha National Park. It is dominated by Meru, 4,566 metres above sea level, the second highest mountain in Tanzania.

Sustainable development and conservation

December 11 is globally celebrated as the International Mountain Day (IMD). It reminds us every year the shameless actions we have been taking over the decades that ruined the nature and natural resources hosted by the mountains.

Sustainable Mountain Communities

14 - 18 June 2003, Banff, Canada

Sustainable Management and Development of Mountainous and Island Areas

29 September - 1 October 2006, Naxos Town, Greece

Strengthening biodiversity management in the Amazonian region of the Andean Community

The Andean Community is the intergovernmental integration organization of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. These countries are considered some the most diverse and rich countries in flora and fauna species. Taking into account this richness, the Andean Countries have developed policy instrum ...

Statement from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on International Mountain Day.

Statement from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on International Mountain Day

What is common among the people living on the slopes of Java’s volatile mountains, the Tibetan Dropkas, the Curiosos in Canrey Chico in Peru, the women of Chinga village in Nepal, and the residents of Mount Kilimanjaro? Their lives are intricately connected to mountains, and their survival depen ...

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the eighth special session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, Online, 4 December 2020

Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the International Ministerial Conference of Mountain Countries on Climate Change, 4 October 2010, Kathmandu, Nepal

Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the International Ministerial Conference of Mountain Countries on Climate Change, 4 October 2010, Kathmandu, Nepal

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of International Mountain Day 2022, 11 December 2022

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of International Mountain Day

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of International Mountain Day

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the International Mountain Day2020

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity on the occasion of International Mountain Day