International Conference of the Global Mountain Dialogue for Sustainable Development.
"Mountain regions have great potential despite climate, biodiversity and land degradation threats." FAO Director-General addresses to the International Conference of the Global Mountain Dialogue for Sustainable Development in Kyrgyzstan People in mountain areas are among the world’s poorest, with many in developing countries facing food insecurity. Mountain regions especially in the world’s developing countries face growing pressure from climate change, biodiversity loss and land degradation, yet mountain communities have great potential for climate-resilient development and work to upgrade mountain products sectors such as organic food, textiles and tourism services is already paying off, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said here today. Speaking at the opening of the International Conference of the Global Mountain Dialogue for Sustainable Development , hosted by the Kyrgyz Government, Qu underlined the fact...