Nepal’s forest cover has doubled in 25 years, but illegal logging is thinning the southern jungles
Chitlang, Makwanpur. Photo: KUNDA DIXITPrime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba announced at COP26 last week that Nepal would increase forest cover to…
When NASA explores other planets, the test of whether there is life, is to detect the presence of water. Here on Earth, however, this critical…
Last month Kalpana BK delivered a healthy newborn baby on the way to Bayalpata Hospital in Achham, but her placenta did not come out…
Pic: DIANA BARRDavid Williams grew up in rural Australia among all kinds of creepy crawlies. He kept lizards and snakes as pets, even venomous…
REMOTE SENSING: A NASA satellite image of Nepal taken in 2002 at the height of the conflict shows extent of green cover.The advent of peace in…
THE 6TH EXTINCTION: This orchid with medicinal properties, Dactylorhiza hatagirea, (Panchaule) is an endangered species.Nepal is situated at the…
After degraded forests were leased out to local communities to protect and manage 40 years ago, Nepal’s community forestry program has won…
The government’s determination to clear-fell a large swathe of eastern Nepal’s last remaining hardwood forest for the proposed Nijgad Airport…
PLAIN SPEAKING: The village of Manahari has now expanded along the highway, engulfing other towns to become a city. This trend is turning…
National boundaries are usually not visible from the air. They are just lines on a map, and you can cross entire continents without knowing…
