Mountains are important because they influence regional and global weather conditions and climate. They provide human beings with medicinal products, food, biodiversity, energy and freshwater. Mountains provide home for 720 million people, according to the United Nations Development Programme. read more
Mountains provide for the freshwater needs of more than half of humanity, and are, in effect, the water towers of the world. The world’s mountains encompass some of the most spectacular landscapes, a great diversity of species and habitat types, and distinctive human communities. read more