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forest-fires

What is invisible is more dangerous

Kathmandu Valley’s air is not polluted, it is poisonous

Sonia Awale

Smoke Screen

Climate breakdown is not the only reason for this year's unprecedented wildfires across Nepal

Protecting Nepal's forests from fires

March 2022 was one of the hottest recorded in the Subcontinent. April also saw sweltering conditions in Nepal’s Tarai plains.This is the...

Will Nepal ever be paid for saving trees?

Last week, the Nepal government signed a carbon trading agreement with the Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest Finance (LEAF) Coalition under which...

No smoke without fire

Nepalis continue to endure the worst air quality in recent years as wildfires ravage the forests at unprecedented rates. The country has...

Nepal's smoky mountains

A series of photographs of Kathmandu Valley taken by Abhushan Gautam on 10 May 2020, and on 6 April 2021 from the...

Clearing the air

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Political smokescreen

Kathmandu before and after the wildfires. The second picture was taken on 29 March. Photos: PRABIN RAJBHANDARIThere is political miasma suffocating the...

Thick haze adds to Nepal Covid-19 woes

After a year of living in the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic, Nepalis were bracing themselves for a second wave from India,...

Nepal is going up in smoke

Wildfires lead to hazardous air quality for third straight day, with no end in sight

Kunda Dixit
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