WORLD MOUNTAINEERING AND CLIMBING FEDERATION

The UIAA General Assembly has resolved to adopt the following  principles and guidelines as a programme for concrete action to be henceforth called the Kathmandu Declaration on Mountain Activities: 
 

The Kathmandu Declaration on Mountain Activities 

Articles of the Declaration 
1. There is an urgent need for effective protection of the mountain environment and landscape. 

2. The flora, fauna and natural resources of all kinds need immediate attention, care and concern. 

3. Actions designed to reduce the negative impact of man's activities on mountains should be encouraged. 

4. The cultural heritage and the dignity of the local population are inviolable. 

5. All activities designed to restore and rehabilitate the mountain world need to be encouraged. 

6. Contacts between mountaineers of different regions and countries should be increasingly encouraged in the spirit of friendship, mutual respect and peace. 

7. Information and education for improving the relationship between man and his environment should be  available for wider and wider sections of society. 

8. The use of appropriate technology for energy needs and the proper disposal of waste in the mountain areas are matters of immediate concern.  

9. The need for more international support - governmental as well as non-governmental - to the developing mountain countries, for instance, in matters of ecological concervation. 

10. 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