Tag: #ecology
Articles tagged with #ecology
Where culture meets ecology
Reverence and traditional practices have helped preserve valuable wetland ecosystems in the Himalaya
The river of life
Saving the Karnali, Nepal’s last free-flowing river, and the ecosystem and livelihoods it sustains
People, tigers, trees and rivers
On World Tiger Day, a look at Nepal's intricate web of biodiversity and conservation
Weaving nature into craft
How to create jobs and find new markets for products using an invasive species that clogs Nepal’s waterways
Let’s not forget mosses
Often neglected, bryophytes are key species keeping Nepal’s ecosystems intact
Fight or Flight
After 7 years and 3 prime ministers, Nepal is preparing to log Nijgad Forest to build another unwanted airport
Why is it vital to protect the Chure?
All photos: ACHYUT TIWARIThe Chure or Siwalik Range is the first of several folds of mountains that rise from Gangetic plains up to the highest…
Economic benefits of saving the ecology
Photo: JANA ASENBRENNEROVAThis year’s World Environment Day theme ‘Ecosystem Restoration’ highlights the importance of protecting and reviving…
The Great Trans-Himalayan Bird Migration
Photos : HEM SAGAR BARALBecause Nepal is located at the confluence of four eco-biological domains, and because of its vast altitude difference,…
Spiny babbler tourism
Photo : HATAN CHAUDHARYCarston Involson from Denmark arrived in Kathmandu in the first week of January. Recently retired from the Danish…
“Business, bureaucracy and politicians all plundering the Chure”
Photo : MANISH PAUDELOn 10 January, 24-year-old Dilip Mahato was killed for opposing the ‘Crusher’ industry in Dhanusha that was illegally…
Nepalis go salmon fishing in Kamchatka
Photos: Arun S RanaFew Nepalis know where Kamchatka is, and the ones who do probably heard about it from the board game ‘Risk’, where it is…
For and against Nijgad airport
Nepali Times #990How ironic, when we destroy something created by man we term it as ‘vandalism’ but when we destroy something created by nature…
A millennium challenge
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAILegend has it that the real reason Nepal stayed an independent nation state while all around us were colonised was…
Decentralising (hydro)power
Nepal has the fifth highest hydropower potential in the world. Besides electricity, which can be used for peak energy supply, hydropower…
The lure of green
Photos: MARTY LOGANWhen I’ve had enough of the smog, barking dogs, crowds and cacophony of Kathmandu I seek out my ‘oasis’, a small piece of…
Tree-mendous
CANOPY COVER: Nepal's midhills have seen the greatest increase in forest cover over the past 25 years. Outmigration from villages and the…
Better Nepal-China connectivity helps wildlife smugglers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1rSf1D72vY&feature=youtu.beOn 22 March, Qiu Guorong, 40, and Que Labao, 34, had just flown into Kathmandu from…
The climate threat multiplier
Lhotse glacier, Chukung village to the far left. Photo: ALTON C BYERSMost of the recent talk within the UN Framework Convention on Climate…
Banned pesticides are widely used in Nepal
Pic: GOVINDA BHANDARIHimal Khabarpatrika, 20-26 July At a time when pesticides found in vegetables imported from India are causing a ruckus in…
Taking away forests from communities
Bharati Pathak, Chair FECOFUN. Pic: Onlinekhabar.comOnlinekhabar.com, 17 JuneParliament’s Agriculture Committee has started debating the…
Air pollution is more dangerous than smoking
Despite public awareness and relentless media coverage, Kathmandu’s air quality has worsened in the past two years. But public outrage does not…
Bad Air
Pic: MONICA DEUPALAA public perception survey among Kathmandu Valley residents conducted last year shows near unanimous agreement that pollution…
Green sticker = green light to pollute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0Sv3a2LjxoVehicle owners in Kathmandu need to pass an annual emission test, but many just buy Green Stickers…