This article by Ramu Sapkota in collaboration with the Environmental Reporting Collective was first published on the Nepali Times. An edited and shortened version is republished below as part of a ...

Stakeholders warn that Nepal’s first results-based carbon funding of up to $45 million from the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) may be subjected to complex bureaucratic ...

Nepal, July 1 -- Although Nepal is often referred to as an agricultural country, the agricultural land has been shrinking every year. In recent times, land suitable for paddy plantation has been ...

Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli recently made remarks downplaying the significance of conservation efforts, suggesting reduced targets for tiger populations and forest cover, contradicting ...

Kathmandu, March 13 -- Air in Kathmandu Valley has already turned toxic and the peak forest fire season is nearing.

The Terai Arc Landscape initiative has already brought back to life a forest area 13 times the size of Kathmandu. Local communities that teamed up with government and civil society groups to protect ...

They appear tranquil soaring above Himalayan forests, but a string of cable car projects in Nepal have sparked violent protests, with locals saying environmental protection should trump tourism ...

A new REDD+ program in Nepal is poised to protect about 2.4 million hectares of forests between 2019-2024. Kathmandu, Nepal – A new REDD+ program in Nepal is poised to protect about 2.4 million ...

Forests are disappearing at an alarming rate of 10 million hectares each year and about 12% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions are attributed to deforestation and forest degradation. But nature ...

KATHMANDU, April 23 (Reuters) - A forest fire in eastern Nepal killed at least 14 soldiers as they tried to prevent the blaze spreading to a local hospital, police said on Thursday. The fire started ...

Across Nepal, five cable car projects have opened in the past two years -- and 10 more are under development, according to government figures - Copyright AFP Prakash ...