10 messages for 2010 — Mountain ecosystems
| Year of publication | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Publisher(s) | European Environment Agency EEA Hauptbüro Website: http://www.eea.europa.eu/ |
| Place of publication | Kopenhagen |
| Language | en |
| Price | free |
| Purchase | http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications |
| Page(s) | 18 |
| Publication type | Other |
European mountain regions provide essential ecosystem services for lowlands and host a great diversity of habitats and species, many adapted to specific extreme climatic conditions. Mountain ecosystems are fragile and vulnerable, and face severe threats from land abandonment, intensifying agriculture, impacts of infrastructure development, unsustainable exploitation and climate change.