联合国将 2 0 0 2年定为“国际山区年”(ＩｎｔｅｒｎａｔｉｏｎａｌＹｅａｒｏｆＭｏｕｎｔａｉｎｓ) ,以提高国际社会对山区生命和可持续发展的全球范围的重要性的认识。“国际山区年”是始于 1 992年“里约峰会”的漫长计划的重要一步 ,该会议的重要成果之一是制定了 2 1世 The United Nations set the year 2002 as the InternationalYear ofMountains to raise international awareness of the importance of the global reach of mountain life and sustainable development. The International Year of Mountains was a major step forward in the long program that began with the Rio Summit in 1992. One of the important achievements of the conference was the development of the 21st Century