Mighty Mountains

Mountains are a common sight on this planet.

They make up one-fifth of the world's landscape

Mountains are an important source of water, energy and biological diversity.

About 80 per cent of our planet's fresh water originates in the mountains.

Mountain ecosystems are essential to the well-being of the global environment.

Mountain environments are essential to the survival of the global ecosystem.

Mountains are the home for several natural resources

The wild vegetation are surrounding the mountains

The beautiful and rich greenery of the mountains,

and the rare medicinal plants of the mountains are endangered.

Mountains are rich in minerals

Mountains are blessed with rare and valuable metals

The precious stones of mountains find their application in modern living.

The thick forests of the mountain ecosystem bring rainfall.

This prevents increase in temperature

Mountains are susceptible

to rough weather and accelerated soil erosion .

This has resulted in degradation of mountain ecosystem

This has caused rapid loss of habitat and genetic diversity.

It becomes man’s responsibility to protect

the tranquility and peace

Serenity and the beauty of the Mountains

Due to increasing water scarcity, it is becoming increasingly important to protect the mountain ecosystem.

Climate change, population growth, deforestation, are the problems confronting the "water towers of the world”.

Modern activities like Quarrying

Hiking and trekking

tourism,

development and deforestation

mining,

Urbanization of mountain regions

has resulted in Concrete Jungle !!!

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Kausalya Janardanan

“Save our Mighty Mountains “ “Grow without damaging the Environment “