UN celebrates International Mountain Day
The United Nations today celebrates International Mountain Day. This year, the UN
is focussing on mountain forest ecosystems, which are crucial to the ecological health
of the world.We spoke to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's assistant director general for forestry, Eduardo Rojas-Briales about the what can be done to preserve mountain forests. He said ““It is very important that we get the visibility of mountains in the political debate in every level, correspondingly to the key services these mountains are providing. Its crucial the contribution of mountains. But most societies are driven by the areas where we have much more population, which is normally the lowlands, the capitals, and mountains are taken in a certain way for granted.”
He explained the importance of drawing attention to mountain forest ecosystems. It’s very key to have the issues in the agenda. That’s why we celebrate every year on the 11th of December the International Day of Mountains, to keep international attention on mountains present.”
Listen to the complete interview with Christopher Wells:
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