Tag: #ecosystem
Articles tagged with #ecosystem
Saving the Karnali otters
Communities protect rare mammals important for aquatic ecosystem balance
Kathmandu's Water Day
All photos: AMIT MACHAMASIThrough the centuries, Kathmandu Valley residents have set aside a day just before the monsoon when the groundwater…
Grow back greener
The pandemic offers us the chance to tread lighter on the land allow nature to restore itself
The nature of pandemics
Photo: THE STAR/THE PANGOLIN REPORTSOver 172 million infections and nearly 4 million lives later, the exact origin of the Covid-19 pandemic is…
The nature of pandemics
Photo: THE STAR/THE PANGOLIN REPORTSOver 172 million infections and nearly 4 million lives later, the exact origin of the Covid-19 pandemic is…
Nature's fragile gift to Nepal
All photos: AJAY NARSINGH RANANature प्रकृति (n.) All the plants, animals, and things that exist in the universe that are not made by…
Nature's fragile gift to Nepal
All photos: AJAY NARSINGH RANANature प्रकृति (n.) All the plants, animals, and things that exist in the universe that are not made by…
Nepal’s vultures: Between existence and extinction
69 vultures were found dead in Nawalparasi last month.On the grounds of a college campus in Nawalparasi, the great brown birds lay as if they…
Peak ambition
All photos: ALEX TREADWAY/ICIMODToday is International Mountain Day, when the world’s attention is drawn to the mountains that are home to 1.1…
Peak ambition
All photos: ALEX TREADWAY/ICIMODToday is International Mountain Day, when the world’s attention is drawn to the mountains that are home to 1.1…
Nepal must prepare for climate migration
HIGH AND DRY: A village in Mustang is one of the increasing number of settlements that have been abandoned because of water shortage caused by…
MIGRATION MITIGATION
Photo: GOPEN RAIIn the strict legalese that the United Nations is accustomed to, the Madrid Climate Summit is called the 25th Conference of the…
Garden walls
Kathmandu can restore some of its lost greenery with vertical gardens
Animal Planet meets Disney World
Much has been said about the darker, edgier remake of the beloved 1994 animated classic The Lion King since its release a month ago. Most…
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…
The season of summits
In Nepal we live more easily with our holy mountains, balancing our reverence for them with the need for tourism income
From playing victim to proactive leadership on climate
Gebru Jember Endalew has been involved in UN negotiations on climate change since 2008 as a core member of the Ethiopian negotiating team. Last…
Turning on the heat
Photo: GEORGE MALLORY Unprecedented in recorded history, there was a 100 degree C difference in temperature between the northern and southern…
Climate damage
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIClimate change is global, it does not respect national boundaries. Neither should its solution. The only way we can…
Project Dragonfly
GOING GOING GONE: A female of the new dragonfly species Microgomphus phewataali discovered last year in Pokhara by naturalists Karen Conniff and…
How many tigers in Nepal?
After being hunted nearly to extinction, Nepal’s tiger numbers surged in recent decades thanks to a successful conservation program. But with…