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...
forest-fires
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
Wildfires in Nepal cause air quality to plummet
Kathmandu Valley endured one of the worst air quality in recent years on Friday as wildfires fanned by strong winds scorched forests...
Wildfires ravage Nepal mountains
A three month drought in central and eastern Nepal has sparked wildfires across the Himalaya which has shrouded the mountains in smoke, adding to...
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