Research Focus Group Talk: Preserving Biodiversity: Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain Religious Cultures in Lumbini, Nepal

Arjun Kurmi will discuss how environmental activists in Lumbini, Nepal appeal to local religious cultures and spiritual values to promote the protection of wildlife, especially the regal Sarus Cranes, and motivate tree-planting and other environmental protection measures.

Arjun Kurmi is an environmental activist and founder of Green Youth of Lumbini, an environmental NGO in Nepal.

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Cosponsored by the IHC’s South Asian Religions and Cultures Research Focus Group, the Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life, and the Bhagvan Vimalnath Endowed Chair in Jain Studies