Unfit PLA's discharge

KATHMANDU: Chandra Prasad Khanal 'Baldev', spokesperson of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) said on Thursday that disqualified combatants would be discharged from the cantonments in near future. According to him, a two-day general staff meeting of the PLA that concluded on Wednesday dwelt on the issues of the disqualified combatants. "We've decided to discharge the combatants shortly," he said.

Ecosystem restoration

KATHMANDU: The International Union for Nature Conservation (IUCN) today said that more than 997,000,000 hectares land around the world — equal to the area covered by Canada — is potential for ecosystem restoration. A study conducted by the Global Partnership on Forest Restoration identified these degraded forests as having potential to be restored. Ecosystem restoration is the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged or destroyed. Preliminary analysis indicated that by 2030 the restoration of degraded forest lands will make the same contribution as by the reduction of greenhouse gases.