Substantial decreases in precipitation and warmer-than-normal temperatures in Nepal preceded a spring 2021 wildfire season that prompted evacuations, caused deaths, forced school…
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Environment
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Waste on Everest is often treated as ‘out of sight, out of mind’ – discarded into the nearest receptacle and promptly forgotten. For several years, there have been calls for the government to intervene with a waste management system in the region. However, the main underlying question today is, how much waste is really in the region today?
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Massive landslide and flood aftermath near Jure, Sindhupalchok. Washed-off houses by Bhote Koshi River. (File Photo 2014 by Priti Thapa) In December…
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In 1924 George Leigh Mallory stated, “the highest of the world’s mountains, it seems, has to make but a single gesture of…
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In general, the world has four registered seasons but Nepal boasts six unlike anywhere else and they are called “Ritu” in the…
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The Tiger Conservation Action Plan for Nepal was prepared for the first time in 1999. The five-year periodic plan was revised in 2007 developed and implemented as the Tiger Conservation Action Plan 2008-2012 thusly.
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Nepal is a diverse and stunning Himalayan nation that undoubtedly has a diverse range of plants and animals. To ensure that plants…
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It took almost 200 years to establish the existence of the rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nipalensis) in Nepal, last seen in the country…
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Elephants, the largest living land animal, are one of the most unique-looking animals because of their elongated nose called “trunks” and large-floppy…
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Nepal’s 2021 rhino census, taken for the first time in six years, has put the figure at 752 individuals – an increase of 107,…