Illegal sand mining on Chure rivers displaces farmers, decimates a fragile landscape
Nepal’s economic planners are proud of the fact that Nepal is now self-sufficient in cement. Indeed, domestic production has expanded greatly to…
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…
Nepal’s Constitutional Council recently recommended candidates to chair a number of constitutional bodies. This week, Parliamentary hearings…
After degraded forests were leased out to local communities to protect and manage 40 years ago, Nepal’s community forestry program has won…
DRYING UP: Toni Hagen's famous panorama of Pokhara taken in 1955, and last week from near the same spot at Pokhara airport (below). Snow cover…
