The future of biofuel is at a crossroads. Soaring fuel prices, debates on global climate change and environmental consequences, and sustainability and intergenerational equity concerns of fossil fuel usage have prompted governments to expand production and use of biofuels. The potential adverse impacts on food security and human suffering associated with biofuel expansion, on the [...]

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“The reality of suggestions and activities being extended by its staffs and consultants in its Kathmandu office against Nepal’s interest and development is clarified through its West Seti policy.”   Download his article from Kantipur It has almost been one and half decade since we hear the talks on implementation of West Seti (reservoir-based 750 MW) which [...]

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संविधान सभादेखि विभिन्न गोष्ठी सेमिनार भाषण लेखोट टेलिभिजनलगायतका संचार माध्यममा आईएलओ महासन्धि १६९को प्रसंग उप्काएर आदिवासी जनजातिको जल जङ्गल र जमिनमा अधिकारको चचालाई उत्कर्षमा पुर्याइएको छ। त्यति मात्र हैन केही ठाउँमा जबर्जस्ती अधिकार स्थापना गर्ने प्रयासमा अरुलाई निषेध गर्ने सार्वजनिक उपयोगका प्राकृतिक स्रोतलाई कुनै खास जात वा समुदायको पेवा मानेर विक्री गर्ने कार्य भइरहेको छ। राज्यको [...]

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The government has no doubt been given a bloody nose by the renewed criticism of the West Seti hydropower project. But the objections raised by the parliamentary Public  Accounts Committee (PAC) have also disclosed a stream of uncomfortable details for the major donor, the Asian Development Bank. The multilateral agency has already previously been criticized for [...]

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विकासको पछिल्लो मोडेलले जनताको सहभागितालाई अनिवार्य सर्त मानेको छ । सहभागिता स्वामित्वसहितको साझेदारी हुनुपर्छ । विकासविद्हरूले विकसित गरेको यो यो मोडेल राजनीतिक दलका नेताहरूलाई थाहा नहुन सक्छ तर विकास कार्यमा लागेका सबैले बुझेको हुनुपर्छ । चिलिमे कम्पनीका पदाधिकारीहरू जलविद्युत विकासमा लागेका हुनाले झन् बुझेको हुनुपर्छ । देशकै नमुना जलविद्युत कम्पनी भनेर चिनिएको चिलिमेको सेयरमाथि स्थानीय [...]

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Such a public pressure in allowing the hydropower project goes ahead must be a lesson to project-affected locals of power projects like 750 MW West Seti in the Far Western Development Region, 402 MW Arun-III in Sankhuwasabha district and GMR promoted 300 MW Upper Karnali. Several groups are quite active in these areas and do not want the hydel projects to kick-start

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When the Maoists-headed government is vowing generation of 10,000 MW of hydropower power in the next 10 years, certainly opposing West Seti is not a logical step in terms of developing Nepal. It is another laughter that few Maoists, including Bhandari brothers, would be standing outside the AGM venue opposing the power project with direct foreign investment, while Maoist ideologue Finance Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai would be yelling for the support from the global financial community. Is not a shame for the nation? People in the venue must pay mercy for the stupidity to those people who are making hue and cry against the national development

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 The increasing energy crisis has become a matter of global concern and Nepal is also no exception in this regard. Nepalese people have been suffering from an acute shortage of fuel for the past few years, the long queues of motors in front of the petrol pumps are testimony to this. Nepal itself is not [...]

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Asia is grappling with how to balance its burgeoning demand for energy against protection of the environment and society. The conflict is apparent in some of the region’s most ambitious infrastructure projects, which involve building dams, changing courses of rivers and erecting transmission lines to bring electricity to energy, deprived homes and businesses. An ethnic [...]

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A number of views and perceptions have come up on water resource development. The differences between the views and perceptions have not simply remained as the professional discourse but led to heat up the politics, streets and the parliament and demonstrations obstructing the construction of projects. Struggles have crossed the national boundary to occupy the [...]

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