Nepal’s forest cover has doubled in 25 years, but illegal logging is thinning the southern jungles
On 10 January, 24-year-old Dilip Mahato was killed for opposing the ‘Crusher’ industry in Dhanusha that was illegally mining sand from a river.…
After degraded forests were leased out to local communities to protect and manage 40 years ago, Nepal’s community forestry program has won…