Nepal's top court bars infrastructure in protected areas
Friday, 17 January 2025 () Kathmandu (AFP) Jan 16, 2025
Nepal's Supreme Court has scrapped controversial laws allowing hydropower and hotel projects in protected nature reserves, a lawyer said Thursday, calling it a win for the Himalayan republic's conservationists. A fifth of Nepal's lands are designated as protected areas. But both hydropower projects and tourism are major earners, and the government passed laws last year to allow infrastr
Friday, 17 January 2025 ()
Kathmandu (AFP) Jan 16, 2025