Tag: #deforestation
Articles tagged with #deforestation
The Tarai’s shrinking forests
Nepal’s forest cover has doubled in 25 years, but illegal logging is thinning the southern jungles
Nepal can up forest cover to 45% by 2030
Chitlang, Makwanpur. Photo: KUNDA DIXITPrime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba announced at COP26 last week that Nepal would increase forest cover to…
Too little, too much, or too polluted
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,…
Environmental destruction is a medical emergency
Photo: PRAKASH SINGHLast month Kalpana BK delivered a healthy newborn baby on the way to Bayalpata Hospital in Achham, but her placenta did not…
“Snakebite is treatable, no one need die from it.”
Pic: DIANA BARRDavid Williams grew up in rural Australia among all kinds of creepy crawlies. He kept lizards and snakes as pets, even venomous…
The cost of peace in post-conflict countries: forest cover
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…
Between existence and extinction in Nepal
THE 6TH EXTINCTION: This orchid with medicinal properties, Dactylorhiza hatagirea, (Panchaule) is an endangered species.Nepal is situated at the…
Who now owns Nepal's forests?
Photo: KUNDA DIXITAfter degraded forests were leased out to local communities to protect and manage 40 years ago, Nepal’s community forestry…
Economy & ecology of Nijgad airport
The government’s determination to clear-fell a large swathe of eastern Nepal’s last remaining hardwood forest for the proposed Nijgad Airport…
East - West City
PLAIN SPEAKING: The village of Manahari has now expanded along the highway, engulfing other towns to become a city. This trend is turning…
Borderline
National boundaries are usually not visible from the air. They are just lines on a map, and you can cross entire continents without knowing…