7.11.2005
Sir Edmund Urges Climate Care (news.BBC.co.uk)
Sunday, 10 July, 2005, 03:22 GMT 04:22 UK
By Richard Black
BBC News environment correspondent
Conqueror of Everest Sir Edmund Hillary has urged world governments to protect the Himalayas from climate change.
The World Heritage Committee, which supervises protection of sites of special interest, meets this week.
Environmental campaigners, backed by Sir Edmund, want the committee to put the Sagarmatha National Park in the Himalayas on its danger list.
This would mean governments are legally bound to protect it - which, they say, means cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
In May 1953 Sir Edmund Hillary joined forces with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay on the first successful ascent of the world's highest mountain.
(More ... BBC NEWS | South Asia | Sir Edmund urges climate care) ¶ 19:22
By Richard Black
BBC News environment correspondent
Conqueror of Everest Sir Edmund Hillary has urged world governments to protect the Himalayas from climate change.
The World Heritage Committee, which supervises protection of sites of special interest, meets this week.
Environmental campaigners, backed by Sir Edmund, want the committee to put the Sagarmatha National Park in the Himalayas on its danger list.
This would mean governments are legally bound to protect it - which, they say, means cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
In May 1953 Sir Edmund Hillary joined forces with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay on the first successful ascent of the world's highest mountain.
(More ... BBC NEWS | South Asia | Sir Edmund urges climate care) ¶ 19:22
