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International Mountain Day 11 December 2018 Theme, Details, Aim, History
International Mountain Day 11 December 2018 Theme, Details, Aim, History
The International Mountain Day is celebrated on 11th December every year around the world.
The International Mountain Day has been observed every year aims to create awareness about the importance of mountains to life, to highlight the opportunities and constraints in mountain development and to build alliances that will bring positive change to mountain peoples and environments around the world.
The International Mountain Day 2018 theme is “#MountainsMatter”. It focuses on
Water
Disaster Risk Reduction
Tourism
Food
Youth
Indigenous Peoples
Biodiversity
Also to commemorate the day, there will be an IMD side event on “Mountain adaptation: Vulnerable peaks and people” at UNFCCC COP24 in Katowice, Poland.
The International Year of Mountains was first held in 2002 and with the aim of raising awareness and triggering action on issues relating to sustainable mountain development. The leading agency was the Food and Agriculture Organization. The International Year of Mountains was launched at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York on December 11, 2001.
International Mountain Day was first observed on 11th December 2003. Each year International Mountain Day has a particular theme. Previous themes have focused on freshwater, peace, biodiversity or climate change.
