Nepal’s forest cover has doubled in 25 years, but illegal logging is thinning the southern jungles
Chitlang, Makwanpur. Photo: KUNDA DIXITPrime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba announced at COP26 last week that Nepal would increase forest cover to…
All photos: KARUN DEWANWhen NASA explores other planets, the test of whether there is life, is to detect the presence of water. Here on Earth,…
Photo: PRAKASH SINGHLast month Kalpana BK delivered a healthy newborn baby on the way to Bayalpata Hospital in Achham, but her placenta did not…
Pic: DIANA BARRDavid Williams grew up in rural Australia among all kinds of creepy crawlies. He kept lizards and snakes as pets, even venomous…
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…
THE 6TH EXTINCTION: This orchid with medicinal properties, Dactylorhiza hatagirea, (Panchaule) is an endangered species.Nepal is situated at the…
Photo: KUNDA DIXITAfter degraded forests were leased out to local communities to protect and manage 40 years ago, Nepal’s community forestry…
The government’s determination to clear-fell a large swathe of eastern Nepal’s last remaining hardwood forest for the proposed Nijgad Airport…
PLAIN SPEAKING: The village of Manahari has now expanded along the highway, engulfing other towns to become a city. This trend is turning…
National boundaries are usually not visible from the air. They are just lines on a map, and you can cross entire continents without knowing…
