Tropical montane cloud forests are a rare type of evergreen mountain forest found in tropical areas where local climatic conditions cause cloud and mist to be regularly in contact with the forest vegetation. These forests support ecosystems of distinctive floristic and structural form and contain a disproportionately large number of the world’s endemic and threatened species.

The Cloud Forest Agenda Report
The Cloud Forest Agenda report, the product of a programme of action initiated by the UNEP, UNEP-WCMC, IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management and UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserve Programme, provides maps of cloud forest distribution, regional overviews of the threats they face and an agenda for priority action.

Cloud Forest Distribution MAPS