Mountain Biodiversity

Mountain Biodiversity

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. Mountains occur on all continents, in all latitude zones, and within all the world’s principal biome types. Mountains provide freshwater for more than half of humanity, and are, in effect, the water towers of the world. More »

Upcoming Meetings

21 March 2024, New York, United States of America
International Day of Forests
11 December 2024, New York, United States of America
International Mountain Day