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Will Tuladhar-Douglas

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@mossbeard  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

Nepal's supreme court moves to protect Lumbini, a Buddhist sacred site and refuge for endangered cranes, from runaway industrialisation.


news.mongabay.com/2025/08/ne...

Mongabay Environmental News

Nepal’s Supreme Court halts industrial development in Buddha’s birthplace

KATHMANDU — Whenever Chandra Prakash Pathak visits neighboring farms in his hometown of Lumbini, in southwestern Nepal, he sees a thick blanket of black smog. The problem is more severe in winter, when the country doesn’t receive much rainfall. “The farmland is also covered in dust from the manufacturing plants and industries in the area,” […]
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