Articles of the Declaration
- There is an urgent need for effective protection of the mountain environment and landscape.
- The flora, fauna and natural resources of all kinds need immediate attention, care and concern.
- Actions designed to reduce the negative impact of man’s activities on mountains should be encouraged.
- The cultural heritage and the dignity of the local population are inviolable.
- All activities designed to restore and rehabilitate the mountain world need to be encouraged.
- Contacts between mountaineers of different regions and countries should be increasingly encouraged in the spirit of friendship, mutual respect and peace.
- Information and education for improving the relationship between man and his environment should be available for wider and wider sections of society.
- The use of appropriate technology for energy needs and the proper disposal of waste in the mountain areas are matters of immediate concern.
- The need for more international support – governmental as well as non-governmental – to the developing mountain countries, for instance, in matters of ecological conservation.
- The need for widening access to mountain areas in order to promote their appreciation and study should be unfettered by political considerations.
Kathmandu October 1982