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10 messages for 2010 — Mountain ecosystems

10 messages for 2010 — Mountain ecosystems
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10 messages for 2010 — Mountain ecosystems
Year of publication2010
Publisher(s)European Environment Agency EEA
Hauptbüro
Website: http://www.eea.europa.eu/
Place of publicationKopenhagen
Languageen
Pricefree
Purchasehttp://www.eea.europa.eu/publications
Page(s)18
Publication typeOther
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.