Statement

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 depends on mountain biological diversity.

Publication Date
2006-12-08