💰 Nepal Fights Deforestation, and Wins

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KANKALI COMMUNITY FOREST, Nepal — The old man moved gingerly, hill after hill, cutting dry shrubs until he was surrounded by trees that had grown from seedlings he had planted two decades ago.He pointed to a row of low peaks above the Kathmandu valley that were covered with dense foliage.Independent studies also confirm that greenery in Nepal has sprung back, with forests now covering 45 percent of the country’s land.Members of Nepal’s marginalized groups who live around the heavily patrolled national parks say the government is trying to move them away from their lands so as to restrict their access to grass, fish and herbs.Hundreds of thousands of Nepali youth migrate each year to other countries in Asia or to the Persian Gulf in search of stable, well-paying jobs, leaving fewer workers at home."

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