Kathmandu, Aug 18 – Four eastern Himalayan countries–Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and India– officially commenced a three-day high level technical consultative meeting in Kathmandu on the ‘Sacred Himalayas for water, livelihood and bio-cultural heritages’. “The meeting is being organized by ICIMOD and Royal Government of Bhutan and expected outcomes will create a roadmap leading to the [...]
Himalayan News Service KATHMANDU: Gaurishankar Area Conservation (GCA) has become the third Conservation Area as per the Nepal Gazette dated January 11, 2010. Earlier, only Annapurna Conservation Area (ACA) and Mansalu Conservation Area (MCA) were recognised as conservation areas. “Now, Gaurishankar will be conserved by NTNC for 20 years. We need to develop GCA,” said [...]
