Popular hollywood Actor Leonardo Decarpio advocates for the Lungba Samba Biocultural Heritage Special Conservation Zone in Nepal
Popular hollywood actor has spoken up for the halt of the contruction plans on the scared rivers of the Lungba Samba Biocultural Heritage Special Conservation Zone in Nepal. The actor has come forward through his facebook . He writes : Hydropower dam construction in Nepal threatens one of the Earth’s most pristine places – home to Snow Leopards and Endangered Red Pandas. The local communities are urging the Nepalese Supreme Court to halt these construction plans on the sacred rivers of the Lungba Samba Biocultural Heritage Special Conservation Zone.
The magnificent Chhujung, Chhunjam, and Bakhang Rivers are deeply sacred for the Lhomi Singsa and Bhote people, who are among the most marginalized Indigenous Peoples of Nepal. These groups sustain their livelihoods through farming and collecting medicinal herbs and other non-timber forest products while honoring the land.
If constructed, these dams would be a clear violation of the Lungba Samba Biocultural Heritage Special Conservation Zone Act and Procedure enacted by the first elected local government in 2020, which prevents destructive hydropower, road building, and mining practices.
Help the Lhomi Singsa and Bhote people continue to be guardians of this vital landscape like they have for generations.
Further details of this issue can be found on : https://secure.avaaz.org/…/shangrila_urja_pvt_ltd…/
