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Stakeholders stress need to save forest wetlands

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United Nations: Need to enhance and be more open National media workshop on Cryosphere modifications and its effect on communities and incomes organised At the fourth Narayani Water Dialogue and Interaction organised at Gaindakot of Nawalparasi (Bardaghat-Susta East), stakeholders worried the requirement to protect wetland in the forest location and schedule a system of water recharge. On the occasion, Mayor of Gaindakot Municipality Madan Bhakta Adhikari opined that it was essential to save wetland area to secure bio-diversity.

The role of bio-diversity is significant to keep the environment clean, he said, adding, The wetlands and natural water bodies in our surroundings must be preserved for the same.

Saying various organisations together with the municipality have actually been supporting the Narayani River Clean-up Campaign, Mayor Adhikari worried the requirement to guarantee involvement of neighborhoods in addition to the city government in the preservation sector.Similarly, Chairperson of Ward No 5 of Gaindakot Municipality Ratna Prasad Sapkota shared that restoration of wetland area and security of the Narayani River was the need of the hour.

He said a group making up experts had been carrying out activities for management of garbage produced in the city.

Along with the cumulative efforts and the action plan to save the Narayani riverside locations and restore wetlands around, various series of interactions and dialogues on water with the participation of local individuals and conservationists has occurred, stated Homnath Subedi, chairperson of the wetland area remediation and Narayani riverside collective efforts and action plan job.

Work is under method to conserve and safeguard the wetlands in cooperation with numerous local forests, stated Dinesh KC of the Sub-divisional Forest Office, Gaindakot.Similarly, task planner Dinesh Bastakoti stressed the requirement for all to sign up with hands for conservation of wetlands.

On the event, he provided a report associated to work to be accelerated for remediation of wetlands and protection of riverside areas and its benefits.Stating that wetlands around the Nawalpur location were drying up, resulting in the disappearance of reliant water birds, Bastakoti underscored the need to draw the attention of the respective parks and regional forest workplaces for their protection.

It is significantly becoming challenging to find water birds for some years.

Only the protection of endangered water birds and creatures dependent on wetlands will protect human existence.

Apart from non-governmental organisations, the state and local neighborhoods must play an important role in this regard, he said.A variation of this article appears in the print on January 13, 2023, of The Himalayan Times .

This article very first appeared/also appeared in https://thehimalayantimes.com




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