Plastic Free Protected Zoneby Kushal Naharki | 01-01-2019 21:33 |
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![]() Chitwan National Park being the oldest National Park of Nepal is an important part of the Chitwan National Park. As per the news article released by WWF Nepal has been declared as Plastic Free Protected Zone. As many tourists and visitors national parks, large amount of the wastes are definately produced there.
The announcement was made at a special program organized in Sauraha ¡°We are looking at local solutions to tackle the world¡¯s global problems, plastic being one of them,¡± stated Dr. Ghana S. Gurung, Country Representative of WWF Nepal. Collection bins have been kept in the various part of the national park to collect the wastes and every visitor taking the plastic material must bring them back along with them. National parks are the important heritage and campaign such as that very important to beat plastic pollution. I feel that This step should be encouraged in taken in other national park of Nepal also as we are moving forward together to beat the plastic pollution together. If we can't refuse, lets refuse it.
Reference (Both Article and Photo): WWFNepal |