Dangers to mountain health increase

January 27, 2002
Source: Knoxville Salmon
Original story - link verified on January 27, 2002
By Joan Lowy

It used to be that people who went up into the mountains could count on getting away from it all. That's becoming less true every day, according to an analysis of the health of mountain ecosystems for the United Nations University. War, pollution, tourism, the effects of climate change, population growth, overdevelopment, deforestation and soil erosion are degrading mountain ranges around the world, the recent report said.

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