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Chitwan can accommodate more tigers

When a wildlife census in Chitwan National Park in 2013 counted 120 tigers, conservationists were elated. It meant Nepal was well on its way...

Coronavirus shutdown gives Nepal’s nature a respite

While humans all over the planet are being challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic, it has given nature everywhere a respite.Carbon emissions have...

Sisterhood of students

Nepal has made significant progress in raising primary school enrolment, with more than 95% of boys and girls now attending school from...

Life in the time of tornadoes

This is the season for windstorms, and even though the whirlwind that hit the central Tarai on 31 March killing 28 people...

Ground zero in Pheta

Unprecedented, but not unforeseen

Disastrous management in Nepal

T he tornado that killed dozens of people on the night of 31 March highlighted Nepal’s vulnerability to disasters. It proved that...

The new normal

The devastating storm that ravaged Bara and Parsa districts on Sunday night leaving at least 30 people dead and hundreds injured now...

Toll expected to double to 50 in tornado

The death toll in a major storm, suspected to be a tornado, that hit villages in the plains of southern Nepal along...

It's a jungle out there

To increase tiger numbers, you need prey. Prey need grass. Grass needs water. The tiger may be at the top of the...

Nature without borders

Parsa National Park has 18 adult tigers today, up from seven in 2013. In Chitwan, tiger numbers have increased from 91 to...