Kudos to both Nepal and China for initiating a project for allowing one-horned rhinoceros captive breeding programme in China “CNP captures one out of four China bound rhinos” (THT, Online, April 28). However, to expand the genetic diversity and for avoiding future inbreeding depression initiated by a very small breeding stock population that could be genetically related beings form the same geographical area, it would have been best to also include breeding pairs from the states of Assam and West Bengal, India into this international captive breeding initiative.

The project must be commended as it is important to expand and reintroduce endangered wildlife into all of their formal habitats across their historic range of distribution.

Just Joint Conservation Initiative (JCI) between adjacent nations is good for the global wildlife conservation efforts for endangered species. It is also an important aspect of establishing long- term socio-economic and socio-cultural relations together with socio-ecological bondage between neighbouring nations.

Recently Iran-Russia, India-Bangladesh and India-Bhutan have also established such reintroduction, relocation and Joint Conservation Initiatives (JCIs) for Caspian tiger, Elephant and Bengal tiger conservation respectively. It is important to expand such great initiatives between adjacent countries in the future and work together jointly with high level of cooperation, coordination and communication to help in the successful conservation of regional forests, wildlife and biodiversity.

Saikat Kumar Basu, Canada

Détente

Apropos of the ground breaking news story “Koreas aim for end of war, denuclearisation” (THT, April 28, Page 1), Kim Jong-Un and Moon Jae-in have shown to the world that where there is will there is a way.

The two nations that have been in a state of war for the last 65 years have finally moved towards achieving

enduring peace on the peninsula, thanks to President Moon, a former North Korean refugee, and Kim the North

Korean leader.

The world can reap rich dividends from peace on the peninsula, not least the denuclearisation that helps evaporate the pregnant clouds of nuclear holocaust from the planet.

How can Nepal benefit from peace on the peninsula? Well, the government should start exploring the opportunities right away rather than waiting for the eleventh hour.

Manohar Shrestha, Kathmandu

It is good news for the world community to learn that peace and harmony is about to take place on the Korean peninsula.

It is a great achievement of international leaders to press North Korea for the negotiation. It is also true that Donald Trump was involved in this case more arduously than his predecessors though he acted like a political daredevil.

It is Trump who made this possible today to talk with North Korea.

Shiva Neupane, Melbourne