Press Release: “We pledge to define a new, science-based, PEOPLE CENTRIC sustainable and resilient development model for the Himalaya” was the clarion call given through the ‘Dehradun Declaration" at the end of two days of the Sustainable Mountain Development Summit - XII Dehradun organised by the Integrated Mountain Initiative. The summit titled “Changing Agro-Ecological Landscape & Disasters in Himalaya: Resilience Building and Policy Imperatives for Viksit Bharat” called on the need for establishing a dedicated Cell or Centre for Strategic Environmental Planning and Green Infrastructure for the IHR within NITI Aayog in the backdrop of increasing disasters in the Himalaya as well the changing agroecological systems that threaten food, nutrition and livelihood security in the Indian Himalayan Region.
The Sustainable Mountain Development Summit (SMDS-XI), a flagship program of the Integrated Mountain Initiative (IMI) concluded on 12th October 2022, in Leh, Ladakh.
This program which began with the Himalayan Youth Summit on the 9th saw a galaxy of participants and speakers from across India and the world. The theme of the Youth Summit was ‘Sustainability and Entrepreneurship’. The youth attending both in person and online came up with a declaration which was presented to the Honourable Minister, MoEFCC Shri Bhupender Yadav during the inaugural function of SMDS-XI. The same was presented to the President of IMI during the valedictory function.