The Tarai’s shrinking forests
Nepal’s forest cover has doubled in 25 years, but illegal logging is thinning the southern jungles
deforestation
Nepal can up forest cover to 45% by 2030
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba announced at COP26 last week that Nepal would increase forest cover to 45% of its area by...
Too little, too much, or too polluted
When NASA explores other planets, the test of whether there is life, is to detect the presence of water. Here on Earth,...
Environmental destruction is a medical emergency
Last month Kalpana BK delivered a healthy newborn baby on the way to Bayalpata Hospital in Achham, but her placenta did not...
“Snakebite is treatable, no one need die from it.”
David Williams grew up in rural Australia among all kinds of creepy crawlies. He kept lizards and snakes as pets, even venomous...
The cost of peace in post-conflict countries: forest cover
The advent of peace in four countries that experienced wars hasn’t been kind to the environment, with a new study showing greater...
Between existence and extinction in Nepal
Nepal is situated at the crossroads of four eco-biological domains to the north, south, east and west. The country’s great altitudinal range...
Who now owns Nepal's forests?
After degraded forests were leased out to local communities to protect and manage 40 years ago, Nepal’s community forestry program has won international praise...
Economy & ecology of Nijgad airport
The government’s determination to clear-fell a large swathe of eastern Nepal’s last remaining hardwood forest for the proposed Nijgad Airport has been met with...
East - West City
The narrow strip of plains that used to be a dense jungle till 70 years ago was cleared to resettle mountain farmers...
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