Wars, pollution threaten world’s mountains

January 28, 2002
Source: CNN
Original story - link verified on February 1, 2002

NEW YORK (AP) -- Wars, pollution and logging are despoiling the world's mountain ranges -- the Alps, the Rockies and the Hindu Kush are most threatened, according to a U.N. study released Sunday. Canada's first national park, Banff -- crown jewel of the system -- faces serious danger of being overdeveloped, Ives said.

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