Conservationists condemn Nepal proposal to allow hydropower in protected areas

KATHMANDU – Nepali conservationists have expressed outrage over the Ministry of Forest and Environment’s recent proposal to scrap existing guidelines through the backdoor to make it easier for developers to build large-scale hydropower plants inside the country’s protected areas. A draft of the proposal, titled “Construction of Physical Infrastructure Inside Protected Areas (Procedures),” was recently … Continue reading Conservationists condemn Nepal proposal to allow hydropower in protected areas