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SUSTAINABLE MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT-XI

11th October, 2022

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Context: Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav attended the inaugural session of Sustainable Mountain Development Summit-XI, (SMDS-XI) being held at Leh, Ladakh UT from 10-12 October, 2022.

Details:

  • The theme for SMDS-XI is ‘Harnessing tourism for sustainable mountain development’.
  • The main focus of the summit is to reduce the negative impacts of tourism while harnessing its positive contributions to building climate and socio-ecological resilience and sustainability. 
  • The Sustainable Mountain Development Summit (SMDS) is a flagship annual event of IMI, a civil society-led forum working across the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) that comprises 10 mountain states, two union territories and four hill districts. 
  • In addition to the central event, two integral components of the SMDS include the Mountain Legislators’ Meet (MLM) and the Indian Himalayan Youth Summit.

 

https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1866520