Robert Rennie Smith team leader, Arrochar Mountain Rescue Team (Arrochar, Dunbartonshire) - For services to mountain rescue.

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The collective effect may be to alter the ability of these ecosystems to provide critical goods and services to both mountain and lowland people.

UNESCO: Ecological Sciences and Research

Mountain regions, particularly in tropical regions where they are prime human habitat, are increasingly threatened by climate change, demographic pressure, and economic development that in many cases lead to resource depletion and degradation, hindering the provision of critical goods and services to both mountain inhabitants and lowland communities.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN BRASILIA