Nepal Has  Important Contribution to Conservation Effort

November 13, 2000
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Kathmandu, Nov.12: President of  the World Wildlife Fund Prof. Rudd Lubbers said Sunday Nepal was selected the venue of  a major international conservation this week for its successful conservation efforts.

“Nepal has been successfully implementing important conservation projects to save  biodiversity,”  the former Dutch Prime Minister told reporters.

The WWF and leaders of 11 major religions, including Hinduism and Buddhism, are meeting  from Tuesday to chalk out conservation strategies to encompass 4 million people or two-thirds  of the world population.

“This is an unique effort though this is not the first time such  a meeting  is taking  place,”   Lubbers said.

Nearly 7000 Buddhist sherpas at the foot of Mount  Everest will be recruited to plant and protect threes in the Khumbu region to protest a world heritage site.

“It was not easy to get the faiths  interested in conservation efforts,” said WWF Director General  Claude Martin. nepalnews.com br