PM stresses solemn actions for bio-diversity conservation

Kathmandu - Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has stressed the need to strike a balance between people’s rights over natural resources and sustained efforts in biodiversity conservation. Addressing the ‘UN Summit on Biodiversity’ held on Wednesday on the margins of the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly, he dubbed biodiversity resources as humanity’s common lifeline connecting generations and surpassing national boundaries. The Prime Minister said that Nepal accorded high priority to biodiversity conservation.

Living in harmony with nature is a part of Nepali Culture. Biodiversity protection constitutes a critical component of Nepal's aspiration of ‘Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali’, he stated. He underlined the unique mountain ecosystem of Nepal as the true source of knowledge to inquisitive scholars, researchers, and scientists.