Mountains and mountain ecosystems are of irreplaceable environmental and social importance.
December 11 falls on the International Mountain Day. Its goal is to create and increase environmental awareness of the importance of mountains for the quality of human life and the natural balance on Earth
- More than one billion of the population of this planet lives precisely in mountainous areas and is totally dependent on this type of ecosystem.
- Mountains can be described as the largest reservoir of drinking water and it can be said that they are a kind of huge towers that produce up to 60-80% of all freshwater resources for our planet.
- Mountains are the first indicators of climate change, but they also have an important function of reducing and mitigating disasters.
- Mountainous areas provide living space for a huge number of living organisms.
- The biodiversity of mountain ecosystems makes up to one half of the world’s points of species diversity.
Therefore, let us protect our national natural wealth and let us not forget its fragile balance!!
