The 2nd Sustainable Mountain Development Summit concluded in Gangtok in Sikkim with the adoption of the ‘Gangtok Declaration’ yesterday. The third Summit will be held at Kohima in Nagaland next year.The Summit recommended for a greater focus and emphasis on the Sustainable Mountain Development . The role of the women of the mountain areas in livelihood generation and protection of environment has also been recognized in the ‘Gangtok Declaration’. It was agreed upon at the Summit that the Mountain States will work together to protect the resources of the Himalayan region and achieve sustainable development of the region.The delegates stressed that the needs of the Himalayan region should be seen from a mountain-perspective and the hill people should be given a chance to present their problems before the Centre. The Parliamentarians and legislators from Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Meghalaya and experts from different organizations, also deliberated on Climate Change and the need for necessary Legislation, on the sidelines of the Summit.