About Me

Namaste! I am Anandeeta Gurung from Nepal. I am interested in environmental flows. I came across this term when I was doing my internship at WWF. Ever since then, I have been learning more about it. The more I learn, the more interesting it gets! I am planning to pursue my further studies in environmental flows and through this blog I will be sharing what I have learned so far. This blog will also have updates on other eflows studies been done by other researchers. Since, there has been very less studies in Nepal, I would like this blog to serve as a platform for other enthusiasts like me.

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