Illegal sand mining on Chure rivers displaces farmers, decimates a fragile landscape
Photo: SHAURYA CEMENTSNepal’s economic planners are proud of the fact that Nepal is now self-sufficient in cement. Indeed, domestic production…
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…
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAINepal’s Constitutional Council recently recommended candidates to chair a number of constitutional bodies. This…
Photo: KUNDA DIXITAfter degraded forests were leased out to local communities to protect and manage 40 years ago, Nepal’s community forestry…
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…
