International Mountain Day

However, this date is not being used by the Ministry of Environment for an awareness of the importance of the Mountains and the sustainable development of their environment to preserve the quality of human life.

The International Mountain Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly on December 11th 2003 after announcing the UN International Mountain Day, which proclaimed in 2002, noted the need for continued awareness of the importance of the Mountains.

The mountains not only provide the supply and well - being of 720 million people in the world's mountains but indirectly benefit billions more living in urban areas.

Practically, the mountains bring clean water, energy and food resources -- which will be less and less in the next decades.

However, mountains also have high levels of poverty, and are extremely vulnerable to climate change, deforestation, degradation of land and natural disasters.

There remains a challenge, identifying new and adequate opportunities that can benefit both mountain and mountain communities and those in the lowlands and that could eradicate poverty without contributing to the degradation of fragile ecosystems, mountains.

In Kosovo, mountain destruction continues, where wood is exploited as fuel and a source of personal benefits.