KATHMANDU, Oct 20: Minister for Forests and Environment Dr Birendra Prasad Mahato has stressed on effective coordination and collaboration to make nature and wildlife conservation more effective.

KATHMANDU, Aug 6: Minister for Forests and Environment Birendra Prasad Mahato has said forests would be taken as a medium to contribute to the prosperity of the country. Stating that the total forest cover has been 45 percent of the total area of the country, he stressed the need for working on taking maximum benefits from forests for contributing to the country's prosperity.

KATHMANDU, May 24: Newly appointed Minister for Forests and Environment, Dr Birendra Prasad Mahato, has said the Ministry of Forests and Environment itself a body with high potentialities.

KATHMANDU, May 24: President Ramchandra Paudel has administered the oath of office and secrecy to newly-appointed minister Birendra Prasad Mahato.

KATHMANDU, May 24: Newly-appointed Minister Birendra Prasad Mahato and Minister of State Pramila Kumari are scheduled to take the oath of office, today. Mahato and Pramila are to be inducted in the cabinet on behalf of the Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP), Nepal.