On the morning of Feb. 6, the road leading to the Bardiya District Administration Office in western Nepal was filled with people moving as one. Dust rose from their footsteps. Voices layered over each ...

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 has, for the first time, launched a nationwide survey to identify the actual status of medicinal herbs across the country. The initiative aims to fill the gap in reliable data, despite the ...

In Nepal, a recent push to build cable cars to boost tourism in natural beauty spots carries significant environmental costs. A controversial cable car project has been proposed in Mukkumlung, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...