Why mountains are important for biodiversity and how we can protect them

Jan 26, 2023

Roughly half of the world’s biodiversity hotspots are now located in mountainous regions. Image: Unsplash/Jeremy Bishop

Rob Marchant

Professor of Tropical Ecology, University of York

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Land use change in mountain environments is leading to significant biodiversity loss. Image: Unsplash/Matt Cramblett.

There is currently no effective international policy in place to protect the biodiversity of mountain environments and there is little cooperation between governments, environmental agencies and conservationists to deliver such a strategy. Image: Pexels/ Eric Garcia

Both the recent UN climate change summit (COP27) and UN biodiversity conference (COP15) ended short of ambition over protecting mountain biodiversity. Image: REUTERS/David Gray

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